Irritation member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10996034-B2
Application number	US-202016900545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2017
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

An irritation member having a housing, wherein the housing has a front side and a rear side, as well as lateral surfaces connecting the front side and the rear side. The front side and rear side are larger than the lateral surfaces, thereby producing a parallelepipedal housing. The irritation member has blow-out openings on the lateral surfaces and an actuation element that is provided in a recess of the housing. In the event of non-actuation, the actuation element is thereby received in the recess of the housing and thus does not increase the size of the housing. As a result, the irritation member does not look like a conventional irritation member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stun grenade comprising:
a housing;
at least one blowout opening;
an actuating element;
at least one effect charge; and
at least one detonator head,
wherein the housing has a front and a rear side and also side faces which connect the front and rear sides,
wherein the housing has a parallelepipedal design, and
wherein the at least one blowout opening is arranged on one of the side faces.

2. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a recess is provided in the housing in which the actuating element is adapted to be received at least partially.

3. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one cylindrical chamber is provided in the housing which can receive the at least one effect charge.

4. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a respective one of the at least one cylindrical chamber is provided in the housing for each respective one of the at least one effect charge.

5. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one effect charge produces flash and/or bang effects.

6. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one blowout opening is closed by bursting membranes.

7. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one delay charge is arranged in the housing.

8. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one cross-chamber is provided in the housing which receives the at least one delay charge and is connected to at least one cylindrical chamber.

9. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one detonator head has a primer cap which is activated by the actuating element.

10. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuating element is configured as a lever.

11. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one detonator head is integrated in the housing.

12. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one detonator head is arranged on a side face and has the same depth as the housing.

13. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a safety pin is provided which can be pulled out by a safety ring.

14. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a label field is provided on the housing.

15. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the depth of the housing corresponds to less than half the width of the housing.

16. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the width of the housing corresponds to less than half the height of the housing.

17. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a recess is provided in a side face of the housing, wherein the actuating element is accommodated in the recess such that the actuating element does not project beyond outer dimensions of the housing.

18. The stun grenade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front and rear sides of the housing are larger than the side faces.

Assignees

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

Inventors

• Wustlich Martin
• Habel Frank
• Luebbers Kai
• Heering Julia
• Weber Philip
• Garber Kolja

Classifications

• F42B12/36 Primary

  for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling {; for transmitting information} · CPC title

• F42B12/46

  for dispensing gases, vapours, powders or chemically-reactive substances (F42B12/70 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F42B12/42 Primary

  of illuminating type, e.g. carrying flares · CPC title

• F42B27/00

  Hand grenades (F42B12/00 takes precedence; for practice or training F42B8/12) · CPC title