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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kevin J. Dullea, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Noah R. Jackson, Edgewood, NM (US);
David K. Novick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include an actuated projectile launcher, including: a base structure; a projectile support, and a holding area from which a projectile launches; propulsion wheels selectively driven to rotate; and support arms, each supporting at a first end thereof a separate one of the propulsion wheels and being supported at an opposed second end thereof by the base structure. The support arms are configured to move the propulsion wheels between an expanded position and a contracted position, in which the propulsion wheels are closer to one another in the contracted position as compared to the expanded position. The movement of the propulsion wheels toward the contracted position brings the propulsion wheels into engagement with the projectile and drives the projectile from the holding area.