Patent · US Expired

Apparatus with rapid magnetic field compression

US5251550A · kind A · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Grossler · Hochstädt, DE
Norbert Nissl · Aresing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 1986
Grant date	Oct 12, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/36
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to apparatus whose weapon efficiency is effected in cooperation via a highly compressed magnetic field, wherein the base magnetic field is maintained or increased beforehand by magnetohydrodynamic generator stages which are operated by propelling charges and/or explosives.

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