Electromagnetic Propulsion Devices Utilizing Wall Conductors

Abstract

Electromagnetic propulsion devices having a barrel with a cavity its length, armatures for said cavity with a propulsion bus in and circumscribing said armature's body, orthogonal the axis thereof with power rail continuity on one end and propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means continuity the other and an array of wall conductors orthogonal and circumscribing most of said barrel's cavity and distributed between said cavity's ends with contact means at the cavity at one end and a bus common to all wall conductors at the other and an armature forward shunt directs current between a power rail and forward wall conductors and an armature aft current shunt directs current between said circuit means and aft wall conductors and wherein the magnetic fields of current in the barrel wall conductors immediately before and immediately aft the armature's propulsion bus interact with the current therein creating forces propelling the armature through said cavity.

1 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices comprising: 
 a barrel;    a cavity therein which extends the length of said barrel and having: 
 a breech end opening at one end and  
 a muzzle end opening at the other barrel end and  
 a central axis which extends from said breech end opening to said muzzle end opening and  
 a uniform right section profile to said central axis throughout said cavity; and two barrel rails which are: 
 power rails, and  
 parallel to one another and  
 located in said barrel cavity's wall, and  
 electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with each other, and  
 
 each said power rail has: 
 continuous barrel cavity surface along its length and  
 connection means to outside said barrel for attachment to a power source; and  
 
   a wall conductor assembly comprised of: 
 a barrel bus that is: 
 located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
 parallel said barrel power rails, and  
 electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with said barrel power rails, and  
 located along the same length of the barrel as said power rails; and  
 
 an array of wall conductors that are: 
 located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
 oriented orthogonal said barrel cavity axis, and  
 parallel to one another, and  
 separated from one another, and  
 distributed along the length of said barrel bus, and  
 
 each wall conductor of said wall conductor array: 
 is a continuous insulated conductor between its ends, and  
 has electrical continuity at one end with said barrel bus, and  
 circumscribes most of the barrel cavity from said barrel bus to proximal said power rail distal said barrel bus, and  
 circumscribes most of the barrel cavity in the same direction from said continuity with said barrel bus as all other wall conductors of said array of wall conductors; and  
 
   contact means for each wall conductor of said array of wall conductors that: 
 is located proximal said wall conductor's end that is distal said wall conductor's end with said barrel bus continuity, and  
 has continuous electrical continuity with said wall conductor thereat, and  
 extends through a mating opening in the barrel cavity wall, and  
 has surface in the barrel cavity; and  
   armatures for propulsion through said barrel cavity and each said armature has: 
 a central axis that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, coincident the central axis of said cavity or very close and parallel the cavity's central axis, and  
 a muzzle end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's muzzle end, and  
 a breech end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's breech end, and  
 all right section profiles to said axis smaller than said barrel cavity's right section profile, and  
 a portion of said profiles like said barrel cavity's right section profile but slightly undersized thereof; and  
   a propulsion bus that is: 
 a continuous conductor between its ends, and  
 located midway between said armature's muzzle and breech ends, and  
 oriented orthogonal said armature's central axis, and  
 located in said armature where said cavity's right section profile and said armature's right section profiles are similar, and  
 located within said armature, in, at or proximal said armature's surface that in said barrel cavity is proximal said cavity's surface, and  
   said propulsion bus between its ends circumscribes most of said armature, and 
 has, with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 surface at one end with continuous electrical continuity with said cavity surface of one of said power rails and  
 continuous electrical continuity at its other end with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means; and  
 
 a forward current shunt that: 
 is located in said armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's muzzle end, and,  
 
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is proximal the power rail without said propulsion bus continuity and  
 has surface with continuous electrical continuity with the cavity surface of said power rail and  
 is insulated from direct electrical continuity from said power rail with said propulsion bus continuity, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt's surface; and  
 
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, forward wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said forward current shunt surface at said contact means; and each said armature also has an aft current shunt that:  
   is located in the armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's breech end, and,    with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 has continuous electrical continuity with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt's surface; and  
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, aft wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said aft current shunt surface at said contact means; and  
   said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised:    an electric current bus in said armature that is located: 
 proximal said current shunts therein, and  
 between and connecting said aft current shunt and the end of said propulsion bus distal said propulsion bus's end with said power rail continuity; and  
   wherein with power supplied to the power rails by an outside power supply so that: 
 the magnetic fields of current in said forward wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
 the magnetic fields of current in said aft wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
   said cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed force components, propel the armature through said barrel's cavity from breech to muzzle.    
   
   
       2 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 1  wherein 
 said barrel has a twist so that consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about said cavity axis per unit cavity axis distance; and    said armatures for use in said barrel cavity have a twist so that consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant rate of angular rotation about the armature axis per unit axis distance; and    said twist imparts rotation to said armatures during their traverse from said barrel cavity's breech end to muzzle end.    
   
   
       3 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 1  but wherein said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised: 
 a third barrel rail that: 
 is located in said barrel wall, and  
 has continuous barrel cavity surface along its length, and  
 is electrically isolated from said barrel power rails, and  
 is parallel said barrel power rails, and  
 is located along the same barrel cavity length as said power rails; and  
   additional surface on said propulsion bus that: 
 is proximal said bus's end that is distal said bus's end with power rail continuity, and  
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third barrel rail; and  
 
   additional surface on said aft current shunt that: 
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third barrel rail.  
 
   
   
   
       4 . An electromagnetic propulsion device as claimed in  claim 3  wherein the barrel cavity has a twist so that: 
 consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about the cavity axis per unit cavity distance; and    armatures for use in said barrel cavity have a twist so that:    consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant angular rotation rate about the armature axis per unit axis distance, and    said twist imparts rotation to said armatures during their barrel cavity traverse.    
   
   
       5 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices comprising: 
 a barrel;    a cavity therein which extends the length of said barrel and having: 
 a breech end opening at one end, and  
 a muzzle end opening at the other barrel end, and  
 a central axis which extends from said breech end opening to said muzzle end opening, and  
 a uniform right section profile to said central axis throughout said cavity; and two barrel rails which are: 
 power rails, and  
 parallel to one another and  
 located in said barrel cavity's wall, and  
 electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with each other, and each said power rail has:  
 continuous barrel cavity surface along its length and  
 connection means to outside said barrel for attachment to a power source; and  
 a wall conductor assembly comprised of: 
  a barrel bus that is:  
  located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
  parallel to said barrel power rails, and  
  electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with said barrel power rails, and  
  located along the same length of the barrel as said power rails; and  
 an array of wall conductors that are:  
  located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
  oriented orthogonal said barrel cavity axis, and  
  parallel to one another, and  
  separated from one another, and  
  distributed along the length of said barrel bus, and  
 each wall conductor of said wall conductor array:  
  is a continuous insulated conductor between its ends, and  
  has electrical continuity at one end with said barrel bus, and  
  circumscribes most of the barrel cavity from said barrel bus to proximal said power rail thereto distal, and  
  circumscribes most of the barrel cavity in the same direction from said continuity with said barrel bus as all other wall conductors of said array of wall conductors; and  
 
 contact means for each wall conductor of said array of wall conductors that: 
 is located proximal the end of said wall conductor that is distal said wall conductor's end with said barrel bus continuity, and  
 has continuous electrical continuity with said wall conductor's barrel bus distal end, and  
 extends through a mating opening in the barrel cavity wall and  
 has surface in the barrel cavity; and  
 
 armatures for propulsion through said barrel cavity and each said armature has: 
 a central axis that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, coincident the central axis of said cavity or very close and parallel the cavity's central axis, and  
 a muzzle end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's muzzle end, and  
 a breech end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's breech end, and  
 all right section profiles to said axis smaller than said barrel cavity's right section profile, and  
 a portion of said profiles like said barrel cavity's right section profile but slightly undersized thereof; and  
 
 a propulsion bus that is: 
 a continuous conductor between its ends, and  
 located midway between said armature's muzzle and breech ends, and  
 oriented orthogonal said armature's central axis, and  
 located in said armature where said cavity's right section profile and said armature's right section profiles are similar, and  
 located within said armature, in, at or proximal said armature's surface that in said barrel cavity is proximal said cavity's surface, and  
 said propulsion bus  
  between its ends circumscribes most of said armature, and  
 has, with said armature in said barrel cavity,  
  surface at one end with continuous electrical continuity with said cavity surface of one of said power rails and with armature movement in said barrel cavity said electrical continuity is continuous sliding electrical continuity, and  
  continuous electrical continuity at its other end with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means; and  
 
 a forward current shunt that: 
 is located in said armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's muzzle end, and,  
 
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is proximal the barrel power rail without propulsion bus continuity, and  
 has surface with continuous electrical continuity with the cavity surface of said power rail and with armature movement in said barrel cavity said electrical continuity is continuous sliding electrical continuity, and  
 is insulated from direct electrical continuity with the power rail with propulsion bus continuity, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt surface and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
 
 
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, forward wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said forward current shunt surface at said contact means; and  
   said forward current shunt of an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 via said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said power rail and said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said forward wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly,  
 maintains continuous electrical continuity between said barrel power rail and said forward wall conductors; and  
   each said armature also has: 
 an aft current shunt that: 
 is located in the armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's breech end, and,  
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 has continuous electrical continuity with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt's surface and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity, and  
 
 
 said aft current shunt of an armature in the barrel cavity is electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with said barrel power rails; and  
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, aft wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said aft current shunt surface at said contact means; and  
   said aft current shunt of an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 via said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means and said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said aft wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly,  
 maintains continuous electrical continuity between said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means and said aft wall conductors; and  
   said barrel bus of said wall conductor assembly, with an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 maintains continuous electrical continuity between said forward wall conductors and said aft wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly; and  
   said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised: 
 an electric current bus in said armature that is located: 
 proximal said current shunts therein, and  
 between and connecting said aft current shunt and the end of said propulsion bus distal said propulsion bus's end with said power rail continuity; and  
 
   wherein with power supplied to the power rails by an outside power supply so that: 
 the magnetic fields of current in said forward wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
 the magnetic fields of current in said aft wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
 said cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed force components, propel the armature through the barrel cavity from breech to muzzle.  
   
   
   
       6 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 5  wherein 
 said barrel has a twist so that consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about said cavity axis per unit cavity axis distance; and    said armatures for use in said barrel cavity have a twist so that consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant rate of angular rotation about the armature axis per unit axis distance; and    said twist imparts rotation to said armatures during their traverse from said barrel cavity's breech to muzzle.    
   
   
       7 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 5  but wherein said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised: 
 a third barrel rail that: 
 is located in said barrel wall, and  
 has continuous barrel cavity surface along its length, and  
 is electrically isolated from said barrel power rails, and  
 is parallel said barrel power rails, and  
 is located along the same barrel cavity length as said power rails; and  
   additional surface on said propulsion bus that is: 
 proximal said bus's end that is distal said bus's end with power rail continuity, and,  
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third rail and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
 
   additional surface on said aft current shunt that is, 
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third barrel rail and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
 
   said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, with said armature in said barrel cavity, maintains continuous electrical continuity between said propulsion bus and said aft current shunt.    
   
   
       8 . An electromagnetic propulsion device as claimed in  claim 7  wherein the barrel has a twist so that 
 consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about the cavity axis per unit cavity distance; and    armatures for use in said barrel cavity have a twist so that consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant angular rotation rate about the armature axis per unit axis distance, and    said twist imparts rotation to said armature during their barrel cavity traverse.    
   
   
       9 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices comprising: 
 a barrel;    a cavity therein which extends the length of said barrel and having: 
 a breech end opening at one end, and  
 a muzzle end opening at the other barrel end, and  
 a central axis which extends from said breech end opening to said muzzle end opening, and  
 a uniform right section profile to said central axis throughout said cavity; and two barrel rails which are: 
 power rails, and  
 parallel to one another, and  
 located in said barrel cavity's wall, and  
 electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with each other, and  
 
 each said power rail has: 
 continuous barrel cavity surface along its length and  
 connection means to outside said barrel for attachment to a power source; and  
 
   a wall conductor assembly comprised of: 
 a barrel bus that is: 
 located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
 parallel said barrel power rails, and  
 electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with said barrel power rails, and  
 located along the same length of the barrel as said power rails; and  
 
 an array of wall conductors that are: 
 located outside of said barrel cavity, and  
 oriented orthogonal said barrel cavity axis, and  
 parallel to one another, and  
 separated from one another, and  
 distributed along the length of said barrel bus, and  
 
 each wall conductor of said wall conductor array: 
 is a continuous insulated conductor between its ends, and  
 has electrical continuity at one end with said barrel bus, and  
 circumscribes most of the barrel cavity from said barrel bus to said power rail thereto distal and  
 circumscribes most of the barrel cavity in the same direction from said continuity with said barrel bus as all other wall conductors of said array of wall conductors; and  
 
 contact means for each wall conductor of said array of wall conductors that: 
 is located proximal the end of said wall conductor that is distal said wall conductor's end with said barrel bus continuity, and  
 has continuous electrical continuity with said wall conductor's barrel bus distal end, and  
 extends through a mating opening in the barrel cavity wall and  
 has surface in the barrel cavity; and  
 
 armatures for propulsion through said barrel cavity and each said armature has: 
 a central axis that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, coincident the central axis of said cavity or very close and parallel the cavity's central axis, and  
 a muzzle end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's muzzle end, and  
 a breech end that is, with said armature in said barrel cavity, the armature's end closest the cavity's breech end, and  
 all right section profiles to said axis smaller than said barrel cavity's right section profile, and  
 a portion of said profiles like said barrel cavity's right section profile but slightly undersized thereof; and  
 
 a propulsion bus that is: 
 a continuous conductor between its ends, and located midway between said armature's muzzle and breech ends, and oriented orthogonal said armature's central axis, and located in said armature where said cavity's right section profile and 
 said armature's right section profiles are similar, and  
 
 located within said armature, in, at or proximal said armature's surface, and with the armature in said barrel's cavity,  
 said propulsion bus: 
 is proximal said cavity's surface, and  
 between its ends circumscribes most of said armature, and  
 has surface at one end with continuous electrical continuity with the cavity surface of one of said power rails and with armature movement in said barrel cavity said electrical continuity is continuous sliding electrical continuity, and  
 has continuous electrical continuity at its other end with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means; and  
 
 
 a forward current shunt that: 
 is located in said armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's muzzle end, and,  
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is proximal the said barrel power rail without propulsion bus continuity, and  
 has surface with continuous electrical continuity with the cavity surface of said power rail and with armature movement in said barrel cavity said electrical continuity is continuous sliding electrical continuity and  
 is insulated from direct electrical continuity with the said power rail with propulsion bus continuity, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt surface and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
 
 
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, forward wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said forward current shunt surface at said contact means; and  
   said forward current shunt of an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 via said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said power rail and said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said forward wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly, 
 maintains continuous electrical continuity between said barrel power rail and said forward wall conductors, and,  
 
 with power supplied by an outside power supply to said power rails, 
 maintains a current path between said barrel power rail, and said forward wall conductors; and  
 
   each said armature also has 
 an aft current shunt that: 
 is located in the armature's surface between said propulsion bus and said armature's breech end, and,  
 with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 has continuous electrical continuity with propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, and  
 has surface at and with continuous electrical continuity with said contact means of said wall conductor assembly at the instant barrel cavity location of said shunt's surface and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity, and  
 is electrically insulated from direct electrical continuity with said barrel power rails; and  
 
 
   said wall conductor assembly has additionally, with an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 aft wall conductors comprised of: 
 the group of one or more consecutive wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly whose contact means at any instant have said electrical continuity with said aft current shunt surface at said contact means; and  
 
   said aft current shunt of an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 via said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means and said shunt's continuous electrical continuity with said aft wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly,  
 maintains continuous electrical continuity between said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means and said aft wall conductors, and,  
 with power supplied by an outside power supply to said power rails, 
 maintains a current path between said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, and said aft wall conductors; and  
 
   said barrel bus of said wall conductor assembly, with an armature in said barrel cavity, 
 provides continuous electrical continuity between said forward wall conductors and said aft wall conductors of said wall conductor assembly and  
 with power supplied by an outside power supply to said power rails, 
 provides a current path between said forward wall conductors and said aft wall conductors; and  
 
   said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised: 
 an electric current bus in said armature that is located: 
 proximal said current shunts therein, and  
 between and connecting said aft current shunt and the end of said propulsion bus distal said propulsion bus's end with said power rail continuity; and  
 
   wherein with power supplied to the power rails by an outside power supply so that: 
 the magnetic fields of current in said forward wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
 the magnetic fields current in said aft wall conductors interact with the current in said propulsion bus creating forces in said propulsion bus with cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed components, and  
   said cavity axis parallel, muzzle directed force components, propel the armature through the barrel cavity from breech to muzzle.    
   
   
       10 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 9  wherein said barrel cavity has a twist so that consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about said cavity axis per unit cavity axis distance; and 
 said armatures for use in said barrel cavity have a twist so that consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant rate of angular rotation about the armature axis per unit axis distance; and said twist imparts rotation to said armatures during their traverse from said barrel cavity's breech to muzzle.    
   
   
       11 . Electromagnetic propulsion devices as claimed in  claim 9  but wherein said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means is comprised: 
 a third barrel rail that: 
 is located in said barrel wall, and  
 has continuous barrel cavity surface along its length, and  
 is electrically isolated from said barrel power rails, and  
 is parallel said barrel power rails, and  
 is located along the same barrel cavity length as said power rails; and  
   additional surface on said propulsion bus that: 
 is proximal said bus's end that is distal said bus's end with power rail continuity, and,  
   with said armature in said barrel cavity, 
 is at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third rail and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
   additional surface on said aft current shunt that, 
 with said armature in said barrel cavity,  
 is at and has continuous electrical continuity with the barrel cavity surface of said third barrel rail and said continuity is sliding electrical continuity with armature movement in the barrel cavity; and  
   said propulsion bus-aft shunt circuit means, with said armature in said barrel cavity, maintains continuous electrical continuity between said propulsion bus and said aft current shunt and 
 maintains a current path between said propulsion bus and said aft current shunt, with power supplied by an outside power supply to said power rails.  
   
   
   
       12 . An electromagnetic propulsion device as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the barrel has a twist so that 
 consecutive right sections through the barrel have a constant rate of angular rotation about the cavity axis per unit cavity distance; and    armatures for use in said barrel's cavity have a twist so that consecutive right sections through said armatures have the same constant angular rotation rate about the armature axis per unit axis distance, and    said twist imparts rotation to said armature during their barrel cavity traverse.