Abstract

Shotshell type ammunition includes a hull, a sabot disposed within the hull, and at least one projectile disposed within the sabot. The hull has a rimless first end that includes a primer for firing the ammunition. The hull also has a seat surface for seating the hull against a complementary seat surface in a firing chamber of a firearm. The seat surface is located a distance from an outer end surface of the hull at the rimless first end. The hull further includes an outer cylindrical side surface extending from the rimless first end of the hull to the seat surface of the hull. Methods of fabricating such ammunition includes forming such a hull, providing one or more projectiles within a sabot, and disposing the sabot with the one or more projectiles therein at least partially into the hull. Shotgun type firearms are configured for firing such ammunition.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/12 - Cartridge chambers; Chamber liners
• F42B 5/30 - Cartridge cases of plastics
• F42B 7/04 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile of pellet type
• F41C 7/00 - Shoulder-fired smallarms, e.g. rifles, carbines or shotguns
• F41A 5/00 - Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock
• F41A 9/64 - Magazines for unbelted ammunition

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a camera and a display switchable between a portrait mode and a landscape mode in response to an inertial sensor. When it is determined that the display mode should be switched in response to movement of the device, a feature of a user of the device, such as the user's face, is imaged with the camera. If the imaged feature changes orientation with respect to the display by less than a threshold amount, then the switch in display mode is disabled and the display remains in its current mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 5/222 - Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment
• H04N 5/232 - Devices for controlling television cameras, e.g. remote control
• G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
• G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
• G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• H04N 5/228 - Circuit details for pick-up tubes

Abstract

Shotshell type ammunition includes a hull, a sabot disposed within the hull, and at least one projectile disposed within the sabot. The hull has a rimless first end that includes a primer for firing the ammunition. The hull also has a seat surface for seating the hull against a complementary seat surface in a firing chamber of a firearm. The seat surface is located a distance from an outer end surface of the hull at the rimless first end. The hull further includes an outer cylindrical side surface extending from the rimless first end of the hull to the seat surface of the hull. Methods of fabricating such ammunition include forming such a hull, providing one or more projectiles within a sabot, and disposing the sabot with the one or more projectiles therein at least partially into the hull. Shotgun type firearms are configured for firing such ammunition.

IPC Classes  ?

• F42B 5/30 - Cartridge cases of plastics
• F42B 7/06 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile with cartridge case of plastics
• F41A 21/12 - Cartridge chambers; Chamber liners
• F42B 7/04 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile of pellet type
• F41C 7/00 - Shoulder-fired smallarms, e.g. rifles, carbines or shotguns
• F41A 5/00 - Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock
• F41A 9/64 - Magazines for unbelted ammunition
• F42B 8/10 - Cartridges with sub-calibre adaptor