Patent ID: 9551547
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F41A,F42B,F42C,H05H

Claim:
1. A plasma generator for the repeatable initiation of propellant charges in a weapon system through electrical discharge between a rear electrode and a front electrode in a combustion chamber channel, comprised in a combustion chamber combustion element and filled with filler gas, and disposed adjacent to a propellant charge, wherein the plasma generator comprises at least one ionizing electrode connected to an initiation circuit for ionizing the filler gas in the combustion chamber channel to raise the conductivity of the filler gas, as well as a second high-voltage generator arranged for electrical discharge into the filler gas of raised conductivity from the rear electrode via the at least one ionizing electrode onward to the front electrode, so that hot ignition gas is formed under high pressure.