Patent ID: 6622713
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A rail gun system comprising:a body member; a firing chamber, having an inlet port and a discharge port, attached to the body member; a pair of generally coextensive rails extending along a length of the firing chamber attached to the firing chamber in spaced-apart fashion; a plurality of wires, each wiring passing through a respective one of the rails; at least one toroid magnet encompassing a first portion of the outer periphery of the rails; a solenoid magnet encompassing a second portion of the outer periphery of the rails, disposed between the toroid magnet and the discharge port; an electrical source electrically coupled to the wires, the toroid magnet and the solenoid magnet; and a trigger for selectively establishing electrical communication between the source of electricity and the wires, the toroid magnet and the solenoid magnet.