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US 2026/0219015 A1Published application
Payload system and method
AssigneeSwift Beat, LLC
InventorsJonathan Louis MILLAN, Kevin Lee PHELPS
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Abstract
A payload system includes a payload including a casing, curved fragments held by the casing, and polygonal fragments held by the casing. The polygonal fragments have at least one of a greater mass or a higher coefficient of drag as compared to the curved fragments such that the curved fragments are configured to travel outwardly away from a center of the payload at a faster rate as compared to the polygonal fragments.
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A payload system comprising:
- a payload comprising a casing;
- curved fragments held by the casing;
- and
- polygonal fragments held by the casing, wherein the polygonal fragments have at least one of a greater mass or a higher coefficient of drag as compared to the curved fragments such that the curved fragments are configured to travel outwardly away from a center of the payload at a faster rate as compared to the polygonal fragments.
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A method comprising:
- arranging curved fragments in a payload;
- arranging polygonal fragments in the payload, wherein the polygonal fragments have at least one of a greater mass or a higher coefficient of drag as compared to the curved fragments;
- and
- deploying the payload such that the curved fragments travel outwardly away from a center of the payload at a faster rate as compared to the polygonal fragments.
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A payload comprising:
- a casing;
- curved fragments held by the casing;
- polygonal fragments held by the casing, wherein the polygonal fragments have at least one of a greater mass or a higher coefficient of drag as compared to the curved fragments such that the curved fragments are configured to travel outwardly away from a center of the payload at a faster rate as compared to the polygonal fragments;
- wherein the curved fragments and the polygonal fragments are held by the casing such that at least one of the curved fragments or the polygonal fragments forms at least a portion of at least one of a skin or an exterior of the payload;
- and
- wherein the curved fragments are configured to at least one of:
- exhibit a wider spread within a threshold amount of time upon release of the payload as compared to the polygonal fragments;
- or
- impact a target prior to the polygonal fragments impacting the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.