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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:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A Kemeny, Wilkins Twp., PA (US);
Fred J Baehr, Jr, Export, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41F / ; F41F / ; F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-8 ; 124-3 ; 310 11 ;
Abstract
An electromagnetic projectile launcher with augmenting conductors and a circuit breaker at the breech which closes as the projectile is launched to recover inductive energy from the launching rails for successive shots and a launcher with coaxial conductors which greatly reduce external flux.