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Barrel of a gun

US10036607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 2015
Grant dateJul 31, 2018
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B10/26
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gun barrel that consists of a frame tube that encloses a barrel tube that is used to induce rotation to a projectile. The gun barrel as a whole constitutes an electric motor. The barrel tube is a permanent magnet and acts as the rotor of the motor. The stator coils of the motor are located outside the barrel tube and are used to induce rotation to the rotor, i.e., the barrel tube.

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