F41B 6/003
Electromagnetic launchers: using at least one driving coil for accelerating the projectile
Official title: {using at least one driving coil for accelerating the projectile, e.g. an annular coil}
F41B6/003 (Electromagnetic launchers: using at least one driving coil for accelerating the projectile) appears on 63 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41B- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 103
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Stead-field coilgun methods and devices31 Mar 2026US 12,590,779 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Launch acceleration system23 Dec 2025US 12,504,253 B2Applied Physics, Inc.
- Steady-field coilgun methods and devices16 Dec 2025US 12,498,195 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Hyper-magnetic matter accelerator14 Oct 2025US 12,442,615 B2
- Helical electromagnetic counter recoil mechanism14 Jan 2025US 12,196,507 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Improved Firing Circuits for a Coil Gun8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309452 A1
- Variable Energy Accelerator Incorporating an Electronic Rangefinder24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287300 A1Arcflash Labs, Inc.
- Advanced 360-degree surface projectile launch helmet system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243546 A1
- Magnetic projection and capture25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177362 A1LAU Superconductors Inc.
- Stead-Field Coilgun Methods and Devices5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036391 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electromagnetic transdermal injection device and methods related thereto167US 6,074,360 ABoehringer Mannheim GmbH · 2000
- Rail gun launcher28US 8,302,584 B12012
- Free-piston electric current generator26US 4,403,153 A1983
- Apparatus for commutation of a helical coil launcher20US 6,696,775 B2The Curators of the University of Missouri · 2004
- Electromagnetic muzzle velocity controller and booster for guns14US 9,562,736 B2The Boeing Company · 2017