Conducted electrical weapon cartridge cover and shorting bar
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorLynn Russell Kern
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Abstract
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprises one or more mechanisms for preventing accidental deployment. A cap may be disposed on a first end of the CEW handle. A shorting mechanism may be configured to connect one or more deployment unit contacts and one or more handle contacts. The cap and the shorting mechanism may be ejected or burned through responsive to a safety switch of the CEW being activated by a user of the CEW, such that the cap and shorting mechanism do not interfere with intentional deployment.
Claims20
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- a deployment unit comprising one or more electrodes;
- a handle comprising a bay for receiving the deployment unit;
- a cap removably coupled to a first end of the handle, wherein the cap at least partially obstructs the bay and the deployment unit disposed within the bay;
- two or more deployment unit contacts disposed on a first end of the deployment unit;
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- a shorting mechanism configured to contact and distribute charge between the two or more deployment unit contacts.
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
- a cap disposed on a first end of a handle, the cap comprising a shorting mechanism;
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- the handle comprising a bay for receiving a deployment unit with two or more deployment unit contacts electrically coupled by the shorting mechanism, wherein the handle is configured to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a first signal;
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- responsive to the first signal, ejecting the cap from the first end of the handle.
A deployment unit comprising:
- blast doors coupled to a first end of the deployment unit and configured to obstruct one or more electrodes of the deployment unit prior to deployment of the one or more electrodes;
- one or more deployment unit contacts disposed on the first end of the deployment unit;
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- a fine-gauge wire configured to contact and distribute charge between the one or more deployment unit contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.