Vented arrow

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11624593-B2
Application number	US-202117511418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	Jan 18, 2019
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a shaft comprising a tubular wall comprising a cavity and a nock comprising a notch arranged to engage a bowstring. An intake inlet is in fluid communication with the cavity and an exhaust outlet is in fluid communication with the cavity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrow comprising:
a shaft comprising a tubular wall comprising a cavity;
a nock comprising a notch arranged to engage a bowstring;
a tip comprising an intake inlet in fluid communication with the cavity, the tip comprising a first portion moveable with respect to a second portion between a first orientation and a second orientation; and
an exhaust outlet in fluid communication with the cavity.

2. The arrow of claim 1 , the nock comprising the exhaust outlet.

3. The arrow of claim 1 , the shaft comprising the exhaust outlet.

4. The arrow of claim 3 , the shaft comprising a plurality of exhaust outlets in fluid communication with the cavity.

5. The arrow of claim 4 , the plurality of exhaust outlets comprising a ring of exhaust outlets, the ring oriented orthogonal to a central axis of the shaft.

6. The arrow of claim 5 , comprising a plurality of rings of exhaust outlets, the rings spaced along a length of the shaft.

7. The arrow of claim 1 , the nock comprising a fluid flowpath, the nock comprising a deflector oriented in the fluid flowpath.

8. The arrow of claim 7 , wherein the arrow does not comprise vanes.

9. The arrow of claim 1 , the tip comprising a biasing member arranged to bias the tip to the first orientation.

10. The arrow of claim 9 , the biasing member comprising a magnet.

11. The arrow of claim 1 , wherein the intake is open in the first orientation and closed in the second orientation.

12. An arrow comprising:
a shaft comprising a tubular wall comprising a cavity, the tubular wall comprising a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the cavity;
a tip comprising a first vent and a second vent in fluid communication with the cavity, the first vent comprising the same length as the second vent; and
a nock comprising a notch arranged to engage a bowstring.

13. The arrow of claim 12 , the plurality of apertures arranged in a repeating pattern.

14. The arrow of claim 12 , the plurality of apertures comprising a ring of apertures oriented orthogonal to a central longitudinal axis.

15. The arrow of claim 14 , the plurality of apertures comprising a plurality of rings of apertures.

16. The arrow of claim 12 , the nock comprising a nock cavity in fluid communication with the cavity of the shaft.

17. The arrow of claim 12 , the first vent comprising a Naca duct.

18. The arrow of claim 12 , the first vent and the second vent comprising similar shapes arranged at different orientations.

19. The arrow of claim 12 , the first vent extending parallel to a central axis of the shaft.

20. The arrow of claim 19 , the second vent extending parallel to a central axis of the shaft.

Assignees

• Mcp Ip Llc

Inventors

• Ozanne Jeffrey A
• Ozanne Jeffrey J

Classifications

• F42B6/06 Primary

  Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching · CPC title

• F42B6/08

  Arrow heads; Harpoon heads · CPC title

• F42B6/04

  Archery arrows (F42B6/08, F41B5/06, {F42B12/362} take precedence) · CPC title

• F42B12/362

  Arrows or darts (F42B12/38 takes precedence, having means for implantation, e.g. hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54; arrows or darts in general F42B6/00) · CPC title

• F42B10/38

  Range-increasing arrangements (F42B10/34, F42B14/06 {and F42B15/105} take precedence) · CPC title