RAPID BURST FIRING ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER
Assignee
Westinghouse
Filed as: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Filed
Jul 15, 1982
Granted
Nov 6, 1990
Location
Cambridge MA (Draper Lab/MIT)
Abstract
A multiple bore electromagnetic projectile launcher is provided with series circuit elements connected to the muzzle end of conductive rails of a bore to continue current conduction in those rails following the launch of a projectile and during the launch of a successive projectile. This current flow augments the flux in the successive bore during the launching of a successive projectile. Individual firing switches can be provided for each bore or additional conductive rails can be provided in an automatic switching arrangement to conduct current from a muzzle of a fired bore to the breech of a successive bore.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Feb 14, 1984
Rescinded
May 30, 1990
Duration
6 years, 3 months
Inventor
- 1WILLIAM F. HUGHES
Sensitive facility: Cambridge MA (Draper Lab/MIT)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4967639
- Application
- 06398539
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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