H02K 41/00

Propulsion systems in which a rigid body is moved along a path

Official title: Propulsion systems in which a rigid body is moved along a path due to dynamo-electric interaction between the body and a magnetic field travelling along the path {(electromagnetic launchers F41B6/00)}

H02K41/00 (Propulsion systems in which a rigid body is moved along a path) appears on 4,925 US grants and 4,686 published applications in this corpus.

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1977	17	0
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1981	29	0
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2000	70	0
2001	70	29
2002	58	96
2003	78	84
2004	114	122
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2006	68	111
2007	65	105
2008	79	154
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