US Patent Issued to SAAB on June 3 for "Fragmentation warhead and a method of manufacturing of a fragmentation warhead" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,623, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAAB AB (Linkoping, Sweden).

"Fragmentation warhead and a method of manufacturing of a fragmentation warhead" was invented by Johnny Vestlund (Karlstad, Sweden) and Olov Thor (Strangnas, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fragmentation warhead, including: an inner casing accommodating explosive charge; a fragmentation casing at least partly surrounding the inner casing; and an outer casing arranged outside the inner casing and the fragmentation casing; wherein the inner casing includes a front liner and a rear liner, which are connected to each other and wher...