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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Bae Systems Bofors Ab, Karlskoga, SE;
Inventor:
Mats Jansson, Vintrosa, SE;
Assignee:
BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB, Karlskoga, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 19/63 (2006.01); F42C 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 19/63 (2013.01); F42C 19/0811 (2013.01); F42C 19/0823 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plasma generator is provided for initiation of propellant charges in a weapons system, for example when launching projectiles from a barrel weapon, by electrical discharge between a rear electrode and a front electrode in a combustion chamber channel enclosed in a combustion chamber body and filled with filling gas, designed to ignite at least one propellant charge. An ammunition unit and a launching device including the plasma generator are also provided.