MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202318080566 A) filed by University Of Washington on November 28, 2023, for “baffled-Tube Ram Accelerator”.

Inventors include Knowlen, Carl; Bruckner, Adam P.; Higgins, Andrew J.; and Hansen, Viggo.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: A baffled ram accelerator tube (103, 201, 401), the baffled ram accelerator tube comprising: a first hollow cylinder (307); and a second hollow cylinder (203, 303), wherein the second hollow cylinder (203, 303) is perforated with uniformly spaced holes (205) along a longitudinal axis of the second hollow cylinder (203, 303), and wherein the second hollow cylinder (203, 303) is disposed within the first hollow cylinder (307) such that the uniformly spaced holes (205) in the second hollow cylinder (203, 303) are capped by the inner surface of the first hollow cylinder (307) to form a plurality of baffles (109, 409).

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