Pressure and heat conducted energy device and method
AssigneeConvey Technology, Inc.
InventorJ. Samuel Batchelder
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Abstract
A method of delivering charge to a remote target includes pressurizing a reservoir of metallic conductor initially at a temperature below its melting point. The method includes flowing the metallic conductor through an orifice to form a continuous thread with axial velocity, so that a user might direct the axial velocity of the thread to intercept the remote target. The method further includes applying a potential differential along the thread so that electrical current flows between the reservoir and the remote target.
Claims27
A method of delivering current to a remote target, comprising
- pressurizing a reservoir of metallic conductor initially at a temperature below its melting point;
- flowing the metallic conductor through an orifice to form a continuous thread with axial velocity, so that a user might direct the axial velocity of the thread to intercept the remote target;
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- applying a potential differential along the thread so that electrical current flows between the reservoir and the remote target.
A conductive energy weapon configured to extrude a plurality of conductive threads at an initial temperature below a melting temperature of the conductive material, the weapon comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart extruders, each extruder comprising:
- a barrel having a first end and a second end and configured to retain a supply of conductive metallic material;
- an extrusion tip having an extrusion orifice ranging from about 3 mils and about 16 mils;
- a piston configured to sealingly move with the barrel from a first end;
- a pressurization system engaging each piston and configured to move each piston within a respective barrel;
- a power supply configured to activate the pressurization system;
- an electric pulse generator configured to supply non-lethal electrical energy through the extruded threads;
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- a controller configured to cause the pressurization system to move the pistons and raise a pressure on the conductive metallic material such that the material shears and raises a temperature proximate the extrusion nozzle sufficiently to extrude the threads of at velocity of between about 10 feet per second and about 160 feet per second and to cause electric pulses to travel along the extruded threads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.