Entangling projectile system for the disabling of UAV's and other targets of interest
AssigneeAscendance International, LLC
InventorsDonald Bigelow, Cory Michalec, Joseph Garst
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Abstract
The present invention surrounds a payload for use as a projectile for disabling and neutralizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) threats and the like. The payload uses a central projectile and one or more satellite projectiles tethered to central projectile. The satellite projectiles provide entangling elements. The satellite projectiles are configured to expand outward from the central projectile after firing to provide an entangling projectile system wherein any object or individual within the entangling zone of the projectile system can be ensnared and neutralized through the entangling action of the projectile system.
Claims17
A projectile system configured to be fired from within a barrel of a weapon comprising:
- a central projectile comprising an outer profile, the outer profile comprising a cylindrical outer aspect,
- a first satellite projectile, the first satellite projectile comprising a spherical aspect, tethered to the central projectile with a first flexible line, wherein a first end of the first flexible line is constrained by the central projectile, and a second end of the first flexible line is interconnected to the first satellite projectile;
- a first recess in the outer profile of the central projectile configured to receive the first satellite projectile therein, wherein the first recess comprises a shape similar to a shape of the first satellite projectile;
- a second satellite projectile, the second satellite projectile comprising a spherical aspect, tethered to the central projectile with a second flexible line, wherein the first end of the second flexible line is constrained by the central projectile, and the second end of the second flexible line is interconnected to the second satellite projectile;
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- a second recess in the outer profile of the central projectile, angularly offset from the first recess, configured to receive the second satellite projectile therein, wherein the second recess comprises a shape similar to a shape of the second satellite projectile,
- wherein the central projectile is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the central projectile following firing from the barrel of the weapon, and
- wherein the satellite projectiles are configured to emerge from the recesses upon a rotation of the central projectile about a longitudinal axis of the central projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.