Proton Pack Part Names - Equipment

The names of each part of the Proton Pack were invented by a number of fans in 1999. A group was created with a number of knowledgable Ghostbusters Fans at the time. They included Norm Gagnon, Mike Neal, Wes Martin, AJ Quick*, CPU64, & El among a few others.

Although the fictional part names were invented by this group, several pieces carry the names of the actual parts used on the packs. These include the ribbon cable, the Clippard valves, the heatsink, and the Legris elbow. Another part, the cyclotron, uses the name of a real piece of scientific equipment. However, a real cyclotron would be much too large to carry on one's back.

This diagram mentions a few of the part names:

A more detailed list as well as who came up with them can be found here:

Synchronous Generator (Norm Gagnon)
Cyclotron (Norm Gagnon)
N-Filter (Norm Gagnon)
Cyclotron Band (Mike Neal) Later Renamed "Bumper"
Ion Knob (Norm Gagnon) Also Referred to as "Shockmount"
Injector Lead Wires (CPU64)
Injectors (Norm Gagnon)
Power Cell (El)
Electro-Static Dissapation Assembly EDA (CPU64)
Booster (Norm Gagnon)
Crank Generator (Mike Neal & Norm Gagnon)
Vacuum Pump (Mike Neal & Norm Gagnon)
Gearbox (Mike Neal & Norm Gagnon)
Hydrogen Gas Actuator HGA (CPU64)
Black Wire from HGA: Beamline (Norm Gagnon)
Red Wire from HGA: Ion Wire #3 (El)
Filler Plug (Norm Gagnon)
Primary Power Distributor (CPU64)
Red Wire on Cyclotron: Ion Regulation Wire IRW (El)
Inverse Protonic Electrode IPE (CPU64) Legris Pneumatic Elbow
Modular Valve (Norm Gagnon) Also Referred to as Clippard Valve
Power Cell Regulation Band (El) Also Referred to as Ribbon Cable
Motherboard (Wes Martin)

*While AJ was a member of the group he did not come up with any viable names, but was an important member and did help in the naming process... along with so many others.

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