Enhanced payload delivery
AssigneeHelix Defense
InventorsChristopher Pedicini, Joshua Pedicini
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Abstract
A device may include a set of payloads and a mechanism. The set of payloads may be configured to interact with at least one of an airborne device or a component of the airborne device via at least one of physical entanglement, sensor obscuration, or surface adhesion. The mechanism may be operable between an inactive state and an active state. The mechanism may be configured to transition to the active state in response to inductive energy generated by relative motion through a magnetic field during launch, and deploy the set of payloads based on at least one of one or more elapsed times during travel of the device along the trajectory, one or more positions of the device along the trajectory, or one or more distances traveled by the device along the trajectory.
Claims12
A device configured to travel along a trajectory, the device comprising:
- a set of payloads configured to interact with at least one of an airborne device or a component of the airborne device via at least one of physical entanglement, sensor obscuration, or surface adhesion;
- and
- a mechanism operable between an inactive state and an active state,
- wherein the mechanism is configured to:
- transition to the active state in response to inductive energy generated by relative motion through a magnetic field during launch, and
- deploy the set of payloads based on at least one of:
- one or more elapsed times during travel of the device along the trajectory,
- one or more positions of the device along the trajectory, or
- one or more distances traveled by the device along the trajectory,
- wherein at least one payload of the set of payloads includes a set of visual cues including at least one of the physical entanglement, a tracer compound, a color-coded dye, or a phosphorescent marker, the set of visual cues being configured to indicate at least one of a release path or an interaction region.
A device configured to travel along a trajectory, the device comprising:
- a set of payloads configured to interact with at least one of an airborne device or a component of the airborne device via at least one of physical entanglement, sensor obscuration, or surface adhesion;
- and
- a mechanism operable between an inactive state and an active state,
- wherein the mechanism is configured to:
- transition to the active state in response to inductive energy generated by relative motion through a magnetic field during launch, and
- deploy the set of payloads based on at least one of:
- one or more elapsed times during travel of the device along the trajectory,
- one or more positions of the device along the trajectory, or
- one or more distances traveled by the device along the trajectory,
- wherein at least one payload includes at least one of a set of fluids or a set of gels including at least one of a glycerin-based mist, a biodegradable tackifier, a cyanoacrylate-based, a urethane material, a latex material, or a rubber-based agent configured to provide adhesive surface alteration.
A system, comprising:
- a first device comprising:
- a set of payloads configured to interact with at least one of an airborne device or a component of the airborne device via at least one of physical entanglement, sensor obscuration, or surface adhesion;
- a mechanism operable to transition from an inactive state to an active state;
- and
- a second device configured to create a magnetic field and impart motion to the first device, the first device being configured to travel along a trajectory based on the motion,
- wherein the mechanism is configured to:
- transition to the active state based on inductive energy generated by moving through the magnetic field, and
- deploy the set of payloads based on at least one of:
- one or more elapsed times during travel of the first device along the trajectory,
- one or more positions of the first device along the trajectory, or
- one or more distances traveled by the first device along the trajectory,
- wherein the mechanism is further configured to deploy payloads sequentially to form multiple interaction zones, and
- wherein interaction zones, of the multiple interaction zones, are at least one of spatially distinct from one another or formed at different times.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.