Bullet projectile producing electro-magnetic pulse upon impact
View Patent ↗A Bullet Projectile system is described wherein a bullet with an internal sliding magnetic hammer moves through an internal cylindrical coil upon impact thereby generating an Electro-Magnetic pulse which moves into and through target to the benefit of causing damage to electronic devices within said target.
1 . A bullet projectile for producing an electromagnetic pulse upon impact with a target comprising:
a cylindrical hollow fuselage, a solid cylindrical internal hammer, and a nose cone;
said cylindrical hollow fuselage having an inner diameter (ID) and outer diameter (OD) and length (L F ), and one end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage being closed, and the other end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage being open, and said closed end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage being faced towards the back end of said bullet projectile, and said open end of said fuselage being faced towards the front end of said bullet projectile;
said solid cylindrical internal hammer being inside said cylindrical hollow fuselage and having a length (L H ) less than length (L F ) and a diameter (D) which is between one mil and ten mils less than inner diameter (ID), and said solid cylindrical internal hammer being free to slide back and forth within said cylindrical hollow fuselage and, said solid cylindrical internal hammer being composed of a material with a permeant magnetic moment thereby said solid cylindrical internal hammer is a cylindrical permanent magnet, and said nose cone being attached to the open end of said fuselage;
said nose cone having a base and said base being the end of said nose cone which is in contact with the front open end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage, and the opposing end of said nose cone defining the front end of said nose cone which is the front end of said bullet projectile and, the position of said nose cone further defining the front end of said bullet projectile;
when said solid cylindrical internal hammer is positioned to be touching the closed end of said cylindrical hollow fuselage a volume of internal space exists between the front end of said solid cylindrical internal hammer and the base of said nose cone, and said volume of internal space being empty space within said fuselage, and within the solid walls of said cylindrical hollow fuselage is a conductive path forming a cylindrical coil, and wherein two ends of said conductive path are positioned in said empty space within said fuselage and are unconnected to form a spark gap therebetween; and
whereupon and when said bullet projectile is accelerated from rest from a launching device, said solid cylindrical internal hammer is forced to slide to the rear of said bullet, and whereupon and when said bullet projectile strikes a target and undergoes deceleration said hammer is forced to slide towards the front of said bullet projectile, and as said solid cylindrical internal magnetic hammer slides forward towards the front of said bullet projectile it moves through the inside of said cylindrical coil causing a time changing magnetic flux through the coil thereby generating a voltage between said two ends of said conductive path causing a spark discharge therebetween, said spark discharge causing an electromagnetic pulse to emanate from said bullet projectile upon impact with a target.
2 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 further including a spacer of a given thickness composed of a material which breaks easily when said bullet projectile makes impact with a target, and the thickness of said spacer being less than one tenth the length (L H ) of said hammer, and said spacer being firmly fitted between the front of said hammer and said nose cone and, and said spacer being in contact with the front end of said hammer, and said spacer having the purpose of holding said hammer in place against the back end of said fuselage for all times before said bullet makes impact with a target, and the energy required to break said spacer being less than the kinetic energy of said hammer when said bullet makes impact with a target.
3 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein one of said two ends is in the form of a sharp point and the other of said two ends is a flat conductive plate.
4 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein one of said two ends is in the form of a sharp point and the other of said two ends is also a sharp point.
5 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 one of said two ends is a flat conductive plate, and the other of said two ends is a flat conductive plate.
6 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein said coil has a length (Lc), and the volume of internal space from the front of said coil to the base of said nose cone has a length (L CN ) wherein the length of said hammer (L H ) is greater than the length of said coil (Lc).
7 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage is made of a material with a Young's modulus between 190 Gpa and 440 Gpa.
8 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein said solid cylindrical internal hammer is composed of a material with a permanent magnetic moment wherein a portion of said material further includes metal selected from the group of metals consisting of Lead, Uranium, Tungsten, Gold, Platinum, Mercury, or Iridium.
9 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein said fuselage is made of ceramic, and said nose cone is made of copper.
10 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein the front end of said nose cone is pointed.
11 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein the front end of said nose cone is rounded.
12 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein the front end of said nose cone is flat.
13 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein said nose cone is a compound structure consisting of a rounded flat base atop which sits a pointed cone.
14 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 further including a second cylindrical hollow fuselage further surrounding said first mentioned cylindrical hollow fuselage, and said second cylindrical hollow fuselage serving to prevent plastic deformation of said first cylindrical hollow fuselage.
15 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein when said solid cylindrical internal hammer moves through said cylindrical coil in a direction from the rear end of said bullet projectile towards the front end of said bullet projectile, an electric field is generated in the conductive path which is everywhere tangent to the geometric circles formed by the cylindrical coil and said electric field serves to push current in the conductive path in a predetermined direction, and wherein the cylindrical coil further comprises a diode placed along the path of said conductive path wherein the bias of said diode allows current to flow in said predetermined direction.
16 . The bullet of claim 1 wherein said cylindrical hollow fuselage is made of a material with a hardness between 1.8 and 50 Gpa.
17 . The bullet projectile of claim 1 wherein when said solid cylindrical internal hammer moves through said cylindrical coil in a direction from the rear end of said bullet projectile towards the front end of said bullet projectile, an electric field is generated in the conductive path which is everywhere tangent to the geometric circles formed by the cylindrical coil and said electric field serves to push current in the conductive path in a predetermined direction, and wherein the cylindrical coil further includes a Zener diode oriented so that its forward bias direction is opposite said predetermined direction.