Ordnance – Accelerating
Patent
1985-06-19
1988-01-12
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Accelerating
124 3, 307106, 307108, F41F 102
Patent
active
047183225
ABSTRACT:
A multiple repetitive resonant railgun power supply provides energy for repetitively propelling projectiles from a pair of parallel rails. A plurality of serially connected paired parallel rails are powered by similar power supplies. Each supply comprises an energy storage capacitor, a storage inductor to form a resonant circuit with the energy storage capacitor and a magnetic switch to transfer energy between the resonant circuit and the pair of parallel rails for the propelling of projectiles. The multiple serial operation permits relatively small energy components to deliver overall relatively large amounts of energy to the projectiles being propelled.
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Honig Emanuel M.
Nunnally William C.
Bentley Stephen C.
Brenner Leonard C.
Hightower Judson R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Wilson Ray G.
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