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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US);
Nathan B Speirs, Newport, RI (US);
Jesse L Belden, Dighton, MA (US);
Aren M Hellum, Wakefield, RI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a pressurized gas launcher. The pressurized gas launcher includes a pressure source providing a quantity of high-pressure gas, a launcher barrel having a first end and a second end having an opening, and a bladder. The bladder is housed within the launcher barrel and selectively fluidically coupled to the pressure source. When filled with pressurized gas, the bladder plastically deforms. The gas launcher further includes a projectile housed within the launcher barrel with the bladder positioned between the first end of the launcher barrel and the projectile. The projectile is dischargeable from the launcher barrel when the bladder ruptures when gas in the bladder exceeds a pressure threshold.