Patents Assigned to Astron Research and Engineering
  • Wave gun
    Patent number: 4658699
    Abstract: A two-stage gas launcher is disclosed wherein a low molecular weight gas such as hydrogen or helium is compressed to a high pressure within the bore of the launcher by a low mass, propellant-driven piston. A releasably restrained projectile is abruptly released so as to be launched from the bore at a high velocity by the pressure of the compressed low molecular weight gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Astron Research and Engineering
    Inventor: Thomas J. Dahm