Accessory device for a conducted electrical weapon
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsMagne Nerheim, Mark Eastwood, Michael Gish
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Abstract
An accessory device may be configured to output an electrical signal from a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”). An accessory device may include a conducted energy shield. A conducted energy shield may include a shield body having a receiving unit for removably receiving a CEW that is used to provide an electrical current to one or more discharge rails disposed along a forward facing surface of the shield body and configured to deliver a high voltage current to an object coming into contact with the discharge rails. Once the CEW is removed from the receiving unit the shield body is unable to generate an electrical current across the discharge rails.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising a signal generator in electrical communication with a receiving bay;
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- an accessory device electrically coupled to the receiving bay of the CEW, wherein the accessory device is configured to provide a control signal to the CEW, and wherein in response to receiving the control signal from the accessory device the CEW is configured to provide an electrical current to the accessory device.
A method comprising:
- providing, by an accessory device, a control signal to a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”), wherein the accessory device is electrically coupled to a receiving bay of the CEW;
- receiving, by the accessory device, an electrical signal from the CEW, wherein the electrical signal is provided responsive to the control signal;
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- outputting, by the accessory device, the electrical signal.
An accessory device for receiving an electrical current from a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”), the accessory device comprising:
- a housing defining a bay, wherein the bay is configured to receive and electrically and mechanically couple to the CEW;
- a cartridge insertion device disposed within the bay, wherein the cartridge insertion device is configured to be inserted within a receiving bay of the CEW to electrically couple the bay to the CEW;
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- a trigger coupled to the housing, wherein an activation of the trigger transmits a control signal to the CEW, and wherein responsive to the control signal the CEW is configured to provide the electrical current to the accessory device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.