Less lethal weapons and methods for halting locomotion
AssigneeTASER International, Inc.
InventorPatrick W Smith
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Abstract
A hand-held stun gun incapacitates a human target by generating a series of powerful electrical output pulses of pulse energy of from 0.9 Joules to 10 Joules which generate a series of output current pulses have an RMS current flow of from 100 milliamps to 500 milliamps when the first and second output terminals are applied to a human target. A battery power supply includes an electronic switch, an energy storage capacitor and a transformer for converting low voltage, direct current into a series of high voltage output pulses.
Claims46
A method performed by a weapon, the weapon for halting locomotion by a human or animal target, the method comprising:
- a. charging a capacitance of the weapon;
- and
- b. discharging 0.75 to 10 joules from the capacitance for 9 to 100 microseconds into a transformer of the weapon to generate a pulse to be conducted through tissue of the target;
- whereby 2 to 40 of the pulses per second when conducted through tissue of the target halts locomotion by the target.
A method performed by a weapon, the weapon for halting locomotion by a human or animal target, the method comprising:
- a. charging a capacitance of the weapon;
- and
- b. discharging the capacitance through a transformer of the weapon to generate in a secondary of the transformer a current consisting essentially of a plurality of substantially equally spaced apart pulses to be conducted through tissue of the target, wherein each pulse has a pulse width from 9 to 100 microseconds and wherein the current has a magnitude of from 100 to 500 milliamps RMS;
- whereby 2 to 40 of the pulses per second when conducted through tissue of the target halts locomotion by the target.
A method for halting locomotion by a human or animal target, the method comprising:
- passing a current through tissue of the target, wherein the current comprises a plurality of recurring pulses during a period, each recurring pulse has a pulse width of from 9 to 100 microseconds, and each pulse has from 0.75 to 10 joules of energy;
- whereby the plurality of pulses when passed through tissue of the target halts locomotion by the target.
A method for halting locomotion by a human or animal target, the method comprising:
- passing a current of 100 to 500 milliamps RMS through tissue of the target, wherein the current consists essentially of a plurality of substantially equally spaced apart pulses during a period, each pulse having a pulse width of from 9 to 100 microseconds;
- whereby the plurality of pulses when passed through tissue of the target halts locomotion by the target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.