PROJECTILE FOR USE IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER AND METHOD THEREFOR - Patent 1212577

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EP 1 212 577 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.01.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24

(21)	Application number: 00991870.7

(22)	Date of filing: 25.08.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F41B 6/00, F42B 6/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0040/748

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0131/279 (03.05.2001 Gazette 2001/18)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

27.08.1999 US 384633

(71)	Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
	Bethesda, MD 20817 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	TAYLOR, Robert, J. Dalworthington Gardens, TX 76016 (US)

(74)	Representative: Manke, Lars (DE)
	Uexküll & StolbergPatentanwälteBeselerstrasse 4 D-22607 Hamburg D-22607 Hamburg (DE)

(54)	PROJECTILE FOR USE IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER AND METHOD THEREFOR