Patent ID: 11955277
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 5:
6. A method of launching projectiles via a superconducting centrifugal launcher, this advanced kinetic launch method comprises:
providing a levitator, wherein the Levitator is at least partially composed of high temperature superconductors;
providing a magnet, wherein the magnet has an annular shape;
forming a frictionless hinge, wherein the Levitator (encased within the rotor) is placed within range of the magnet's axially symmetric magnetic field while maintaining a space between the Levitator and the magnet, and wherein the Levitator is positioned along a particular degree-of-freedom desired for the frictionless hinge, and wherein the high temperature superconductors are at (or below) their critical temperature(s), and wherein the magnet/stator is designated as the stationary portion of the frictionless hinge and the Levitator/rotor is designated as the rotating portion of the frictionless hinge;
providing a stator, wherein the stator has an encasement that is comprised of reinforcement materials, and wherein the stator has a repository that can completely encases the magnet;
providing a rotor, wherein the rotor has an encasement that is comprised of materials that can engage in flux pinning, and wherein the rotor has a repository that completely encase Levitator; and
flux pinning the rotor's encasement to the frictionless hinge.