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Electromagnetic launch system

US7647870B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2006
Grant dateJan 19, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42C19/0811
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electromagnetic launch system including an electrothermal launcher, an inductive power supply (IPS), including a DC source (Vb) and a storage inductor (L), and an opening switch (OS), wherein at least a portion of at least one of the IPS and the OS is integrated in a projectile.

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