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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Carl Knowlen, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam P. Bruckner, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew J. Higgins, Montreal, CA;
Viggo Hansen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 1/02 (2006.01); F41F 1/00 (2006.01); F41F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 1/02 (2013.01); F41F 1/00 (2013.01); F41F 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A baffled ram accelerator system includes a ram accelerator tube with an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of baffles disposed on the inner surface. The plurality of baffles forms a sequential series of propellant chambers along the longitudinal axis of the ram accelerator tube. An accelerator gun is also disposed on an input end of the ram accelerator tube, and the accelerator gun is positioned to fire a projectile into the ram accelerator tube.