Patents Assigned to TZN Forschumgs-und Entwicklungszentrum Unterluss GmbH
  • Projectile accelerating device
    Patent number: 4967637
    Abstract: A device for accelerating projectiles from a launching tube by means of an electrically heated plasma and two electrodes between which burns an electric arc so as to heat the plasma. To cause the pressure for accelerating the projectile in the launching tube to be as high as possible, the two electrodes and thus the electric arc which heats the plasma are disposed within a rear portion of the projectile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignees: Rheinmetall GmbH, TZN Forschumgs-und Entwicklungszentrum Unterluss GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Loffler, Wolfram Witt