Patents Assigned to General Electrodynamics International, LLC
  • LATERALLY OPEN ULTRA-SEGMENTED LINEAR MOTORS
    Publication number: 20140352676
    Abstract: An electromagnetic launcher operable to accelerate launch packages of various transverse sizes, the launcher comprising, in one example, two high-current linear motors having longitudinally extending, laterally open propulsion channels configured to receive and accelerate metal armatures integrated with a launch package; and a power actuated repositioning mechanism for spacing the motors apart as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: General Electrodynamics International, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Arnoldovich Dreizin, Lawrence J. Lukis, Dmitri Rebrov
  • Expandable electromagnetic launcher
    Patent number: 8701539
    Abstract: An electromagnetic launcher operable to accelerate launch packages of various transverse sizes, the launcher comprising, in one example, two high-current linear motors having longitudinally extending, laterally open propulsion channels configured to receive and accelerate metal armatures integrated with a launch package; and a power actuated repositioning mechanism for spacing the motors apart as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: General Electrodynamics International, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Arnoldovich Dreizin, Lawrence J. Lukis, Dmitri Rebrov