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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:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
George A Kemeny, Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-8 ; 124-3 ;
Abstract
An electromagnetic launcher having parallel rails bridged by a projectile driving armature. Another set of rails, acting as current feed rails, delivers current, from an energy source, to the projectile rails at the far or muzzle end thereof as opposed to the breech end, as is done in conventional electromagnetic launchers.