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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Chryssomallis, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Robert S Griffing, Andover, MN (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-7 ; 102440 ;
Abstract
A propulsion device uses an electrically driven plasma injector to feed combustible fuel into a chamber prefilled with an oxidizer. A reaction between the two constituents augments the electrical power input to produce amplified pressure for the acceleration of projectiles.