21 |
Impingement pressure regulator |
US412807 |
1989-09-27 |
US5012718A |
1991-05-07 |
Lee D. Miller |
Apparatus for launching a projectile which has a nozzle for emitting gas during launch, said apparatus comprising means for supporting a projectile and a chamber having an orifice positioned to receive some or all of a jet from the projectile nozzle wherein the chamber is configured so that pressure is developed therein to provide an additional boost to the projectile during launch. |
22 |
High velocity gun |
US44196254 |
1954-07-07 |
US2872846A |
1959-02-10 |
CROZIER WILLIAM D |
|
23 |
Breech mechanism |
US72665924 |
1924-07-18 |
US1626651A |
1927-05-03 |
ESSEN PIETER DANIEL VAN; HERVY FROELICH CLARENCE |
|
24 |
Firearm and ammunition therefor |
US45333421 |
1921-03-18 |
US1487214A |
1924-03-18 |
DEZENDORF RICHARD L |
|
25 |
Gun |
US45516921 |
1921-03-24 |
US1450558A |
1923-04-03 |
DEL CHARLES ALPHONSE FRANCOIS |
|
26 |
Entangling projectiles and systems for their use |
US15467958 |
2017-03-23 |
US10107599B2 |
2018-10-23 |
Elwood Norris; James Barnes; Julian Groeli; Jin Chen |
A projectile deployment system includes an entangling projectile including a pair of pellets and a tether connecting the pellets. A projectile casing includes a pair of sockets, each socket sized to carry one of the pair of pellets and a selectively activatable pressure source, carried by the projectile casing. The pressure source is capable of expelling the entangling projectile from the projectile casing toward a subject. A launcher carries an activator operable to activate the pressure source to expel the entangling projectile from the projectile casing toward the subject. The projectile casing is removably engageable with the launcher to allow removal of the projectile casing from the launcher after expulsion of the entangling projectile from the projectile casing. |
27 |
HIGH ALTITUDE SPACE LAUNCHER |
US15869334 |
2018-01-12 |
US20180134414A1 |
2018-05-17 |
ABBAS ALIKOUHI |
Disclosed is a high altitude space launcher system for transferring payloads from surface to orbit at a significantly lower cost than conventional rockets. It comprises a aerostat lifted one stage light gas gun operating in stratosphere that shoots rocket assisted projectiles containing payload at near orbital velocities to a low angle trajectory. Alternatively, to launch acceleration sensitive payloads such as astronauts the light gas gun is replaced with a muzzle loaded conventional gun that shoots a single stage rocket at a much lower velocity. The system is mostly static structure, attached to a tether-elevator that moors it to land or a ship and provided it with electricity and lifts the projectiles to the gun. |
28 |
PYROTECHNIC DRIVE DEVICE |
US15520599 |
2015-10-21 |
US20170314582A1 |
2017-11-02 |
Peter Lell |
A pyrotechnic drive device includes a housing (3) provided with a combustion chamber (5) having pyrotechnic material (15) as well as an activation device (13). The combustion chamber is delimited at least in an initial state on all sides by combustion chamber walls (3, 7, 13, 17, 33, 35) formed in at least one partial region by respective pressure-receiving surface or respective pressure-receiving element (17, 35). Each pressure-receiving impact of a pressure-receiving element (17, 35) is impacted after the activation of the pyrotechnic material (15) in such a way by the gas pressure generated in this manner that the pressure-receiving element (17, 35) is moved and/or deformed (17, 35) and/or a mechanical impulse is thus transmitted via the pressure-receiving element (17, 35) to an element to be driven (19) so that a connected substance (25) is transmitted. The residual volume of the combustion chamber (5), in which no pyrotechnic material (15) is provided in the initial state, is filled with a liquid, a gel-like or pasty filling material (21), and/or a soft, rubber-like material. |
29 |
Projectile launcher with a permanent high-low pressure system |
US13939372 |
2013-07-11 |
US09448033B2 |
2016-09-20 |
Paul T. Jackson |
A projectile launcher includes a barrel, a high pressure chamber included within the barrel, and a low pressure area included within the barrel and substantially surrounding the high pressure chamber. The high pressure chamber includes an inner cavity and multiple vent holes connecting the inner cavity to the low pressure area so that high pressure gases generated in the inner cavity by a pressure cartridge can pass from the inner cavity to the low pressure area and propel a round (or projectile) out of the launcher. |
30 |
System and Method for Providing Warnings and Directives Based upon Gunfire Detection |
US14886091 |
2015-10-18 |
US20160042625A1 |
2016-02-11 |
Jeremy Keith Mattern |
A system and method for providing warnings and directives based upon gunfire detection is described herein. Specifically, gunfire detection system can comprise a memory that stores an application, and a one or more zone plans, wherein said zone plan comprises directives relating to a one or more output devices spanning across a monitored area comprising a one or more zones. The gunfire detection system can further comprise a processor that, at the direction of said application, determines whether gunfire has occurred and a location associated with said gunfire, and implements one of said zone plans based on said location. |
31 |
Projectile Launching Devices and Methods and Apparatus Using Same |
US13853313 |
2013-03-29 |
US20140338554A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Sean K. Treadway; Andrew N. Lloyd |
A projectile launching device includes a reactive driver, a flyer housing, a flyer and a compressible buffer member. When detonated, the reactive driver will generate a detonation shock wave. The flyer housing defines a bore. The flyer is disposed in the bore and has a rear surface. The buffer member is interposed between the reactive driver and the flyer. The buffer member has a front surface in direct contact with the rear surface of the flyer. The buffer member is configured and arranged to: receive the detonation shock wave from the reactive driver; modify the detonation shock wave to generate a modified shock wave; and transmit the modified shock wave directly to the flyer to thereby propel the flyer away from the buffer member. |
32 |
Two-stage light gas gun |
US11787776 |
2007-04-18 |
US07954413B2 |
2011-06-07 |
Philip Edward Koth |
An improved two-stage light gas gun for launching projectiles at high speeds. The gun consists of three tubes: the expansion, pump, and launch tubes. The expansion tube contains a close-fitting expansion piston that is propelled by an explosive charge. The expansion piston in turn drives the pump piston housed within the pump tube by means of a rod connecting the two pistons. The action of the pump piston adiabatically compresses and heats a light gas of hydrogen or helium, bursting a diaphragm at a predetermined pressure and expelling the projectile from the launch tube at a very high speed. |
33 |
Two-stage light gas gun |
US11787776 |
2007-04-18 |
US20100212481A1 |
2010-08-26 |
Philip Edward Koth |
An improved two-stage light gas gun for launching projectiles at high speeds. The gun consists of three tubes: the expansion, pump, and launch tubes. The expansion tube contains a close-fitting expansion piston that is propelled by an explosive charge. The expansion piston in turn drives the pump piston housed within the pump tube by means of a rod connecting the two pistons. The action of the pump piston adiabatically compresses and heats a light gas of hydrogen or helium, bursting a diaphragm at a predetermined pressure and expelling the projectile from the launch tube at a very high speed. |
34 |
Propulsion Enhancement Arrangement for Rocket |
US12037085 |
2008-02-26 |
US20090212163A1 |
2009-08-27 |
Zhongwei Shi |
A rocket includes a front warhead, a rear propellant actuator, and a propulsion enhancement arrangement which comprises at least two propulsion impulse generators longitudinally cascadedly mounted between the warhead and the rear propellant actuator, wherein each propulsion impulse generator comprises a storage barrel for storing a predetermined amount of explosive materials to provide propelling impulse upon controlled explosion thereof, and a time-internal control arrangement comprising a time-interval control device mounted on a bottom of the front warhead, a time-interval trigger wire operatively connected with the time-interval control device, and at least two time-interval triggers mounted along the time-interval trigger wire and inside of each of the storage chambers respectively, wherein the time-interval triggers trigger the explosion of the explosive material stored in the storage chamber from the bottom propelling impulse generator to the top propelling impulse generator one by one at a predetermined time intervals, so as to further propels the front warhead to the predetermined position at a predetermined velocity and after each explosion. |
35 |
Multi-shot ring airfoil projectile launcher |
US11369166 |
2006-03-06 |
US20070079819A1 |
2007-04-12 |
Chester Vanek; Abraham Flatau |
The invention is a multi-shot launcher adapted to launch ring airfoil projectiles. Each ring airfoil projectile is coupled to a sabot, the ring airfoil projectile and sabot mounted to a housing in a cartridge form. The cartridge has a length which is less than its diameter. The launcher includes a receiver defining a cartridge receiving area and a tubular passage through which the ring airfoil is launched from a fired cartridge. The launcher includes a trigger mechanism for firing a cartridge. The launcher includes an ejector for ejecting the housing of a spent cartridge from the receiving area and a loader for loading a new cartridge into the receiving area. The cartridge may be loaded from a magazine connected to the receiver. |
36 |
Selfrechargeable gun and firing procedure |
US09960506 |
2001-09-24 |
US06705194B2 |
2004-03-16 |
Ernest S. Geskin; Boris Goldenberg |
A method for formation of slugs in a gun barrel and acceleration of these slugs up to the speed of 3 km/sec and more is suggested. A selected region of the barrel is filled by water or another liquid, mixture of liquids or slurry. The refrigerating media is supplied into a heat exchanger cooling the selected section of the barrel. The freezing conditions (rate of the heat removal, duration of cooling) assure desired cohesion of the slug and its adhesion to the barrel. When freezing is completed, the axial pressure is exerted on the internal edge of the slug. When the pressure exceeds the adhesion forces, the slug will move toward the open end with acceleration determined by the axial forces. If the exerted pressure force is not sufficient for the slug separation the expansion radial forces are applied to the barrel or the interface between the slug and the barrel is heated. After the separation the compressed media drives the slug toward the open end of the barrel. In the course of the motion the slug accelerates up to the maximal available velocity of the driving fluid. After exiting the barrel the slug impacts a target similarly to a striker or bullet. The impact conditions are determined by the slug velocity, dimensions, shape and structure and are selected to assure a desired material modification (penetration, fracturing, spallation, and plastic deformation). In the course of impact the slug is decomposed, melted and the generated liquid is removed from the impact zone. |
37 |
Recoilless telescoping barrel gun |
US09950493 |
2001-09-11 |
US20020029688A1 |
2002-03-14 |
Walter
M.
Lavin |
In order to provide a gun in which the recoil force attendant with actuation is reduced, a prototype model of a telescoping barrel gun has been designed. In this design, an inner barrel, which contains and directs the projectile, is made to slide forward within an outer barrel when the gun is actuated. The motion of the inner barrel is then stopped while the projectile moves unimpeded. The telescoping barrel design functions together with a design which requires a portion of the cartridge's propellant energy be used to produce a reduction in the force of the gun's recoil when fired. Upon firing, some of the propellant gases are channeled forward in the gun to an air space, which lies between the two concentric barrels. The forward motion of the inner barrel forces the gases in this air space from the gun through small holes located in the distal area of the outer barrel. The discharge of these gases is rearwardly directed in order to counteract the gun's recoil. After firing, the gun must be manually reloaded and the member's reassembled to their pre-actuation positions before firing again. |
38 |
Porous nozzle projectile barrel |
US137544 |
1998-08-20 |
US6089139A |
2000-07-18 |
Ronnie David Russell |
A porous barrel, projectile passageway, or tube as a type of supersonic nozzle for projectile propulsion therein and method for optimizing projectile velocity therethrough. The porous barrel features a barrel wall containing holes, passageways, or otherwise porous material through the barrel wall that allows gas, fluid, or other matter to exit or move in a direction away from the barrel interior. The flow of gas, fluid, or other matter away from the barrel interior allows gas within the barrel to expand in a direction transverse to the projectile path. The amount of transverse expansion of the gas in the barrel interior can be controlled by the porosity of the barrel wall to cause any desired amount of gas expansion. Transverse expansion allows axial gas velocities within the barrel to exceed the local speed of sound as if the gas had passed through a converging diverging nozzle. In one embodiment, a pressurized gas source supplies a pressure propelling the projectile, and gas outflow from passageways through the barrel wall allows gas within the barrel to obtain supersonic velocities as the projectile accelerates. |
39 |
Projectile wall barrage system |
US695846 |
1991-05-06 |
US5218161A |
1993-06-08 |
Scott G. Martin |
An apparatus and method for discharging a group of projectiles for simultaneous impact at a target wherein the projectiles in the projectile group are sequentially fired at incrementally increasing velocities. More particularly, electrothermal gun technology may be employed and the energy imparted to each successively fired projectile may be increased so as to achieve the desired simultaneous target impact at a designated range. |
40 |
Launching projectiles with hydrogen gas generated from titanium-water
reactions |
US564892 |
1990-08-06 |
US5010804A |
1991-04-30 |
Woodrow W. Lee |
A method of propelling a projectile from a device by applying a high power pulse of electrical current to a thin metal conductor wire causing the wire to explode and disperse hot spots of molten metal throughout a titanium fuel/powder/water mixture which reacts to generate hydrogen gas at high pressure in a chamber. The hydrogen gas is used to push the projectile from the device. |