US 2020/0355465 A1 · SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING A MISSILE

Abstract

A launch apparatus for launching a missile includes a launching tube extending in a longitudinal direction. The launching tube has an outlet opening at a first end. An acceleration device arranged in the region of a second end of the launching tube includes a gas generator to generate a gas mass flow, and a bag formed from a textile fabric. The bag is coupled to a diffuser of the gas generator via an end opening and inflates longitudinally by the gas mass flow generated by the gas generator to accelerate the missile. The bag has a gas permeability within a range of between 10 l dm−2 min−1 and 30 l dm−2 min−1. When inflated, a cross section of the bag alternatively or additionally tapers from the end opening to a minimal cross section along the longitudinal direction and increases in size to an end opposite the end opening.

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Dependent claims

Launch apparatus (1) for launching a missile (F), having:

a launching tube (10) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) for accommodating the missile (F), which launching tube has an outlet opening (11) at a first end (10A);
and
an acceleration device (2) that is arranged in the region of a second end (10B) of the launching tube (10) and has a gas generator (20) that can be activated to generate a gas mass flow, and a bag (21) formed from a textile fabric, which bag is coupled to a diffuser (22) of the gas generator (20) via an end opening (21A) and can be inflated along the longitudinal direction (L) by the gas mass flow that can be generated by means of the gas generator (20) to accelerate the missile (F), the bag (21) being gas permeable within a range of between 10 l dm−2 min−1 and 301 dm−2 min−1.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and apparatus for launching a missile

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System and apparatus for launching a missile

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