Power supply for weapon for immobilization and capture
OwnerJohn H. Coverinventor
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Abstract
A weapon for subduing and restraining includes an electrical power supply. The magnitude and frequency of the electrical impulses delivered to the target provide energy in excess of 0.001 joules and ranges in effect from immobilizing to potentially "lethal" levels.
Claims12
A power supply for apparatus for applying electrical energy to a remote target including conducting means for transmitting electrical energy to the target, the power supply comprising:
- power supply means for generating, at an output terminal, electrical energy in discrete impulses of approximately 20 kilovolts at a rate of from 2 to 10 impulses per second with each impulse delivering from 0.01 to 0.5 joules and
- means coupling said output terminal to the conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from said power supply means to the target,
- whereby electrical energy no less than 0.01 joules can be applied to a remote target.
A power supply for apparatus for applying electrical energy to a remote target including conducting means for transmitting electrical energy to the target, the power supply comprising:
- power supply means for generating, at an output terminal, electrical energy in descrete impulses of voltage greater than 18 kilovolts at a rate of from 2 to 10 impulses per second at an average power of from 1 to 10 watts and
- means coupling said output terminal to the conducting means for transmitting electrical energy from said power supply means to the target,
- whereby electrical energy no less than 0.01 joules can be applied to a remote target.
Apparatus for applying electrical energy to a remote living target that is conductively connected to a return ground, comprising:
- a voltage generator remotely located from the target, producing at least one discrete, substantially unidirectional voltage pulse of peak amplitude greater than 5 kilovolts, containing from 0.01 to 0.5 joules, and pulse width less than 0.1 seconds, having two output conductors one of which is connected to the return ground;
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- unipolar contacting means connected to the ungrounded output conductor of said voltage generator for applying said voltage pulse to the living target,
- whereby an electrical discharge of immobilizing effect is transferred to the living target, employing the conductive connection of the target to the return ground as a return path for transfer of the pulse discharge.
Apparatus for applying electrical energy to a remote living target that is not conductively connected to a return ground but which is predominantly capacitively coupled thereto, comprising:
- a voltage generator remotely located from the target, producing at least one discrete substantially unidirectional voltage pulse of peak amplitude greater than 5 kilovolts, delivering from 0.01 to 0.5 joules and of pulse width less than 0.1 seconds, having two output conductors one of which is connected to the return ground;
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- unipolar contacting means connected to the ungrounded output conductor of said voltage generator for applying said voltage pulse to the living target,
- whereby an electrical discharge of immobilizing effect is transferred to the living target, employing the capacitance of the target to the return ground as a return path for transfer of the pulse discharge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.