发明名称 |
Electrode for Electronic Weaponry that Dissipates Kinetic Energy |
摘要 |
An electronic weapon with an installed deployment unit, from which at least one tethered electrode is launched, provides a stimulus current through a target to inhibit locomotion by the target. The wire tether, also called a filament, conducts the stimulus current. The one or more electrodes, according to various aspects of the present invention, perform one or more of the following functions in any combination: binding the filament to the electrode, deploying the filament from the deployment unit, coupling the electrode to the target, and distributing a current density with respect to a volume of target tissue. An electrode may include a spear comprising a material with integrated conductive and insulative substances (e.g., conductive fibers in insulative composite material) and a geometry to dissipate kinetic energy after impact with the target. |
申请公布号 |
US2016010957(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.01.14 |
申请号 |
US201514858868 |
申请日期 |
2015.09.18 |
申请人 |
TASER International, Inc. |
发明人 |
Beechey Thomas W.;Campbell Michael J.;Hanchett Mark A. |
分类号 |
F41H13/00 |
主分类号 |
F41H13/00 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. An electrode comprising:
a body comprising a surface and a longitudinal axis, a rapidly expanding gas applies a force on the surface to impart a kinetic energy to the electrode to launch the electrode in a forward direction from an electronic weapon toward a human or animal target; and a spear comprising one or more resilient ribs, and a tip, the tip comprising a longitudinal axis, the spear mechanically coupled to a forward portion of the body; wherein:
while the electrode travels toward the target, the longitudinal axis of the body and the longitudinal axis of the tip are coincident;upon impact of the electrode with the target:
the tip penetrates tissue of the target to place the spear in or near target tissue;the one or more ribs flex to dissipate the kinetic energy;while the one or more ribs flex, the longitudinal axis of the tip is not coincident with the longitudinal axis of the body;after dissipating the kinetic energy, the one or more ribs cease to flex so that the longitudinal axis of the body is coincident with the longitudinal axis of the tip; andthe electrode provides a current from the electronic weapon through tissue of the target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target. |
地址 |
Scottsdale AZ US |