US Patent Issued to SAAB on July 29 for "Liner for a shaped charge and method for manufacturing a liner" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,336, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAAB AB (Linkoping, Sweden).

"Liner for a shaped charge and method for manufacturing a liner" was invented by Marcus Gustafsson (Karlskoga, Sweden) and Victor Bjorkgren (Karlskoga, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liner for a shaped charge including an inner layer made of a material having a density below 10.5 g/cm3, and an outer layer made of a material having a density below 2.0 g/cm3, wherein the outer layer is formed directly on the inner layer. In a first state, both the inner layer and the outer layer are compressed towards the symmetry axis (x) of the liner, thereby forming a proj...