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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Jeffrey H. Koessler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian L. Cochran, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark A. Debake, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Steven J. Elder, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeffrey H. Koessler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian L. Cochran, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark A. DeBake, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Steven J. Elder, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a launch vessel defining an elongate, linear interior extending from a bottom portion to an exit opening. The embodiment includes a ram slidably disposed in the launch vessel, the ram sealed to the vessel. The embodiment also includes one or more wedges coupled to the launch vessel along the interior proximal the exit opening, with each wedge shape sized to increasingly narrow a cross section of the interior along an exit vector extending from the bottom portion toward the exit opening. In the embodiment, the vessel is to house a charge proximal the bottom portion, the charge to propel the ram along the exit vector, with the one or more wedges sized to stop be ram inside the interior.