Magazine interposer for a conducted electrical weapon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11920903-B2
Application number	US-202217837981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2022
Priority date	Jun 11, 2021
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A conducted electrical weapon may include an interposer. The interposer may be disposed in a bay of the conducted electrical weapon or may be coupled to a magazine insertable within the bay of the conducted electrical weapon. The interposer may include a cartridge separator. The cartridge separator may logically or physically define a plurality of cartridge compartments. Each cartridge compartment may be configured to receive and align with a cartridge loaded into a magazine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An interposer for a conducted electrical weapon comprising:
a body comprising a first end opposite a second end, wherein the first end defines an opening; and
a plurality of cartridge compartments disposed within the opening at the second end of the body, wherein each cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments is configured to receive an end of a cartridge, wherein each cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments comprises a first interposer insert and a second interposer insert, wherein the first interposer insert and the second interposer insert are coupled to the second end of the body, and wherein the first interposer insert is different from the second interposer insert.

2. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein each cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments comprises a same first interposer insert and a different second interposer insert.

3. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the first interposer insert surrounds and defines the second interposer insert.

4. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the second interposer insert is sized and shaped similar to the end of the cartridge.

5. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the body and the first interposer insert comprise a monolithic structure.

6. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the body comprises a magazine seal configured to couple to a magazine containing the cartridge.

7. The interposer of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of signal pins, wherein each signal pin of the plurality of signal pins is positioned within a cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments, and wherein each signal pin of the plurality of signal pins is configured to provide an electrical signal to the end of the cartridge received in the cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments.

8. The interposer of claim 7 , wherein each signal pin of the plurality of signal pins is located at a center point within the cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments.

9. The interposer of claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of ground pins, wherein each ground pin of the plurality of ground pins is positioned within the cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments.

10. A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
a handle defining a bay; and
an interposer coupled to an inner surface of the bay, wherein the interposer comprises:
a body comprising a first end opposite a second end, wherein the first end defines an opening; and
a plurality of cartridge compartments disposed within the opening at the second end of the body, wherein each cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments is configured to receive an end of a cartridge, wherein each cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments comprises a first interposer insert and a second interposer insert, wherein the first interposer insert and the second interposer insert are coupled to the second end of the body, and wherein the first interposer insert is different from the second interposer insert.

11. The CEW of claim 10 , further comprising a magazine removably insertable within the bay, wherein in response to the magazine being inserted into the bay the magazine is configured to couple to the interposer.

12. The CEW of claim 11 , wherein the magazine is configured to house the cartridge, and wherein in response to the magazine being inserted into the bay the end of the cartridge is received by a cartridge compartment of the plurality of cartridge compartments.

13. The CEW of claim 12 , further comprising a signal generator disposed within the handle, wherein the interposer is electrically coupled to the signal generator, and wherein the interposer is configured to provide an electrical signal from the signal generator to the cartridge.

14. The CEW of claim 11 , wherein in response to the magazine being removed from the bay the interposer remains coupled to the inner surface of the bay.

15. An interposer for a conducted electrical weapon comprising:
a body;
a cartridge compartment defining an inner surface of the body configured to receive an end of a cartridge;
a first interposer insert defining a first portion of the cartridge compartment at the inner surface of the body; and
a second interposer insert defining a second portion of the cartridge compartment at the inner surface of the body, wherein the first portion is different from the second portion.

16. The interposer of claim 15 , wherein the first interposer insert comprises a first material and the second interposer insert comprises a second material, and wherein the first material is different from the second material.

17. The interposer of claim 16 , wherein the first material comprises a non-conductive material, and wherein the second material comprise a metallic material.

18. The interposer of claim 15 , wherein the first interposer insert surrounds the second interposer insert.

19. The interposer of claim 15 , wherein the second interposer insert comprises a broken circle, and wherein the first interposer insert defines an outer surface and an inner surface of the broken circle.

20. The interposer of claim 19 , further comprising a signal pin extending from the first interposer insert at a first location inward the broken circle, and a ground pin extending from the first interposer insert at a second location at least partially outward the broken circle.

Assignees

• Axon Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Groff John
• Ryan Trevor
• Meuniot Arturo
• Roberts Michael

Classifications

• F42B5/025

  characterised by the dimension of the case or the missile · CPC title

• F41H13/0018

  for nearby electrical discharge, i.e. the electrodes being positioned on the device and the device brought manually or otherwise into contact with a nearby target (batons with electric discharge capability F41B15/04; electric shock devices for animals A01K15/02) · CPC title

• F41H13/0031

  for remote electrical discharge by means of a wireless projectile · CPC title

• F41H13/0025 Primary

  for remote electrical discharge via conducting wires, e.g. via wire-tethered electrodes shot at a target · CPC title