Cooling of weapons with graphite foam
Patent
·
OSTI ID:1337662
Disclosed are examples of an apparatus for cooling a barrel 12 of a firearm 10 and examples of a cooled barrel assembly 32 for installation into an existing firearm 10. When assembled with the barrel 12, a contact surface 16 of a shell 14 is proximate to, and in thermal communication with, the outer surface of the barrel 18. The shell 14 is formed of commercially available or modified graphite foam.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,528,785
- Application Number:
- 13/700,147
- OSTI ID:
- 1337662
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Cooling of weapons with graphite foam
AC induction field heating of graphite foam
Lean-rich axial stage combustion in a can-annular gas turbine engine
Patent
·
2018
·
OSTI ID:1531386
AC induction field heating of graphite foam
Patent
·
2017
·
OSTI ID:1376058
Lean-rich axial stage combustion in a can-annular gas turbine engine
Patent
·
2016
·
OSTI ID:1257245