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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
George Arthur Proulx, Castro Valley, CA (US);
George Arthur Proulx, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An electromagnetic railgun () comprising at least two elongated high voltage rails (), a sliding armature () making electrical contact with each high voltage rail (), at least two elongated metal support beams () adapted to provide mechanical strength to the railgun (), said support beams () being substantially parallel to the high voltage rails (), and a plurality of metal support plates () aligned circumferentially around the support beams () and along the length of the railgun (), said support plates () adapted to provide additional mechanical strength to the railgun (); wherein the support plates () are electrically isolated from each other and from the support beams ().