Electromagnetic launcher with circular guideway

Hartman, Seth; Timpson, Erik

Title: Electromagnetic launcher with circular guideway

Patent · Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2019

OSTI ID:1524988

Hartman, Seth; Timpson, Erik

An electromagnetic launcher with a closed-loop guideway and conductors for launching a projectile. The projectile is accelerated along the guideway using electromagnetic forces until it reaches a desired speed, then the projectile is launched in a desired direction. The direction of the launch of the projectile is determined by orienting the guideway in the desired direction using an actuator. The guideway may include a door or aperture allowing the projectile to be launched therefrom, tangent to the curvature of the guideway.

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Research Organization:: Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: NA0000622

Assignee:: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, MO)

Patent Number(s):: 10,218,251

Application Number:: 15/163,924

OSTI ID:: 1524988

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2016-05-25

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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