WO2022035345A1

WO2022035345A1 - Small remote-acting electroshock weapon

Info

Publication number: WO2022035345A1
Application number: PCT/RU2020/000524
Authority: WO
Inventors: Юрий Олегович ЛАДЯГИН
Original assignee: ГАБЛИЯ, Юрий Александрович
Priority date: 2020-08-11
Filing date: 2020-11-26
Publication date: 2022-02-17
Also published as: RU2750466C1

Abstract

Field of the invention: The invention relates to a remote-acting electroshock weapon with electrical stunning means for use by law enforcement agencies and for civilian self-defence. Field of use: Non-lethal remote-acting weapon with electrical stunning means for incapacitating biological targets. Technical result: The creation of a small remote-acting electroshock weapon which is safe for a user and which is capable of discharging an electrical spark and operating in direct contact when loaded with a firing cartridge, and which is capable of being reloaded quickly. The remote-acting electroshock weapon has a housing with a cavity for installing a firing cartridge, an electrical energy source, a high-voltage stunning-pulse generator with a trigger button, and a movable mechanical element for initiating the firing cartridge, said element interacting with the trigger button of the high-voltage stunning-pulse generator.

Description

Small-sized remote electric shock weapon

The field of technology to which the invention belongs.

The invention relates to a remote electric shock weapon (DESHO), with an electrical means of destruction for law enforcement agencies and self-defense of citizens.

The level of technology.

As analogues of the alleged invention, the world's well-known small-sized models of DESHO TASER C2 [1] and TASER PULSE [2], ([3] dimensions and characteristics) were selected, which were previously produced and are produced today by the world's leading company in the field of electric shock weapons "Taser Int ." (currently Axon Enterprise, Inc. ("Axon") USA),

DESHO model TASER C2, made in the form approaching a pistol and model TASER PULSE, made in the form of a pistol, are designed for temporary incapacitation (immobilization, defeat, retention in a state of paralysis) of biological targets (target, offender, biotarget) by electric current at a distance or when direct contact with the target. Hitting a target at a distance is carried out using a firing cartridge that fires at the target two probes with devices for attaching to the target (needles with barbs), each of which is connected by means of a wire in isolation (conductor) to the corresponding current-carrying electrode on the cartridge. The current-carrying electrodes of the cartridge are electrically (or through a gap of 0.1 -0.5 mm) when the cartridge is loaded in the DESHO, they are connected to the combat (contact) electrodes of the DESHO that go to the front end of the DESHO, to which, when the DESHO is launched, a high-voltage electric current that strikes the target is supplied from the generator of high-voltage damaging pulses contained in the weapon and between which a combat (damaging target) high-voltage spark discharge is formed. The firing cartridges have a propellant charge of a pyrotechnic substance (pyrocharge), initiated from a high-voltage electric current that strikes the target, which is applied to it when the DESHO is turned on. The charge is initiated and, with the help of a cutting device, depressurizes a container with compressed gas, which ejects probes with conductors at the target. The cartridge is rigidly attached to the DESHO by means of a mechanical latch located on the cartridge. Immobilization of the target at a distance is carried out by closing the electrical circuit of the damaging current through the body of the biotarget by means of conductors connecting the combat electrodes of the DESHO with the probes thrown at the target. The immobilization of the biotarget by the contact method (contact) is carried out by direct interaction (pressing the combat electrodes against the body) of the DESHO with the body of the biotarget without firing a shot.

These models of DESHO have the following disadvantages. In order to use the DESHO contact, it is necessary to first disconnect the cartridge, because when trying to use the DESHO with the attached cartridge contact, the cartridge always fires (since the firing cartridge is initiated by a striking high-voltage spark discharge), that is, a shot at close range and mechanical injury to the target. This property is an obstacle to the rapid use of DESHO with a cartridge loaded into it in situations where the need to immobilize the target occurs at close range (for example, in a cramped room) and a shot from an extremely short distance is undesirable, since it can cause serious mechanical injury to the target. The disadvantages of analogues also lie in the impossibility of demonstrating a combat electric spark discharge to an enemy without a shot in a state loaded with a firing cartridge (for the purpose of psychological impact to reduce aggressiveness before contact or shooting), since when a striking high-voltage potential is applied to the combat electrodes of the DESHO, to which current-carrying electrodes are always adjacent cartridge is followed by the immediate initiation of the pyro-charge of the cartridge with the production of a shot. At the same time, it is well known that when a user threatens to use an electric shock weapon with a demonstration of a damaging electric spark discharge accompanied by a characteristic noise, and the glow of spark discharges, in many cases the offender stops aggressive actions, realizing that he will have to deal with electricity and, accordingly, subsequent pain. It is also known that aggressive animals (for example, dogs, wild animals) almost always stop aggression when a person demonstrates electrical discharges. Thus, DESHO analogues can be used in contact (or a demonstration of a combat electric discharge) only with a firing cartridge disconnected from the weapon, which excludes their rapid remote use if it is necessary to influence the target from a distance. To reload a weapon with a firing cartridge, for example, in case of a miss on a target or in order to immobilize another target that has appeared, it is necessary to disconnect the fired cartridge and insert a new cartridge into the DESHO. Removing a fired cartridge from a weapon is only possible using both hands of the user and requires a few seconds for an untrained user to reload DESHO with a new cartridge and fire again. During this time, the offender can attack the law enforcement officer, try to hide, or use the weapon he has.

As a prototype of the proposed invention, a small-sized DESHO PhaZZer Hornet of the company "Double Dragon Development & Trading Corporation" (Taiwan) [4] is selected, made in the form of a rectangle consisting of a housing in which an electronic part is placed that generates a shocking electric current voltage, consisting of an inverter that converts low-voltage voltage (7 .2 V) of a battery or accumulator into an increased voltage of 1.4-2 kV of a high-voltage unit for converting a voltage of 1.4-2 kV into an output high-voltage electric current that strikes a target of 50 kV. The PhaZZer Hornet DESHO is loaded with a firing cartridge, by means of which the high-voltage destructive electric current generated by the high-voltage unit and supplied to the DESHO combat electrodes is transmitted to the target through the conductors fired from the cartridge with devices for attaching them to the target.

The disadvantage of the prototype also lies in the fact that the fired cartridge for reloading the weapon has to be removed from the pocket of the DESHO (the front hollow cavity of the DESHO body for placing firing cartridges) using both hands of the user to open the latch on the cartridge. Removing the spent cartridge after firing with the help of one hand of the user holding the weapon is impossible. Thus, in order to reload the weapon, if necessary, quickly continue shooting, the user loses time to remove the spent cartridge using both hands. Due to the need to use both hands of the user to remove the spent cartridge from the weapon, the time for the second shot is increased. That is, the prototype weapon is unloaded in a baggy manner, which affects the time it takes to fire the next shot in case of a miss on the target or in order to immobilize another target that has appeared. The device of the firing cartridge of the prototype does not differ from the device of the cartridge described for analogues.

Disclosure of the invention.

The aim of the invention is to create a small-sized DESHO with the ability to demonstrate an electric spark discharge and contact action in a state loaded with a firing cartridge, with the possibility of accelerated reloading of a weapon that is safe for the user due to parasitic electrical breakdowns and with the ability to competition in the field of DESHO with the world's leading foreign companies, since the proposed weapon in terms of simplicity of design, small size and flexibility of use surpasses the best samples of DESHO (analogues and prototype) of the world's leader in DESHO-building company "Axon Enterprise, Inc." and even more so the Double Dragon Development & Trading Corporation.

This goal is achieved by the fact that a small-sized remote electric shock weapon contains a non-conductive body with a pocket for a firing cartridge, a source of electrical energy, a generator of high-voltage destructive pulses with a trigger button, a movable mechanical element of fixation in the body of the firing cartridge and influence on the initiation of the firing cartridge by pressing on a part of the cartridge or by shifting the entire cartridge relative to the body of the weapon, and the start button of the high-voltage damaging pulse generator interacts with the mechanical element of action during its movement.

An additional feature is that the movable mechanical element of influencing the initiation of the firing cartridge of the weapon has a device for its forced fixation in certain positions relative to the body of the weapon. An additional feature is that the weapon has a release button for the movable mechanical element from the firing cartridge.

An additional feature is that a spring-loaded ejector of the firing cartridge is located in the body of the weapon.

An additional feature is that the source of electrical energy of the weapon in the form of a battery has a charging socket located in the pocket for the firing cartridge.

Brief description of the drawings.

Fig. 1. General view of the DESHO with the firing cartridge in the "safe" position and in the "work" position.

Fig. 2. The device of the shooting cartridge.

Fig. 3. Longitudinal section of the DESHO (the position of the parts when fired) and the fuse engine.

Fig. 4. View of the DESHO with the removed half of the body and the reverse side of the removed half of the body. Fig. 5. Experienced DESHO and experienced DESHO with the removed half of the body and the reverse side of the removed half of the body and the firing cartridge.

Implementation of the invention.

Fig. 1. DESHO consists of a polymer body 1 assembled from the lower and upper halves, in the pocket (cavity) of the body there is a firing cartridge 2 fixed in the body 1 when loading. 4, as well as the button 5 for releasing the cartridge 2 from the housing 1. A protrusion 6 is made on the upper half of the housing, and a button 8 for turning on the high-voltage generator of striking electric current pulses located inside the housing is located in the recess 7 of the housing. The cartridge 2 on its outer side surfaces has a recess 9 and two-sided exits of the movable pusher 10. On the lower half of the body 1 there are contact (combat) electrodes 11 to which, when charging, cartridges 2 adjoin their electrical contact leads. the position of the slider 4 along the hull, and in the "work" state, the slider 4 is located perpendicular to the length of the hull (upper location on the figure).

Fig. 2. DESHO uses a type of firing cartridge with a built-in energy source for initiating a propellant pyrotechnic charge of probes with current leads.

The firing cartridge 2 consists of the actual non-conductive body 12 with the cover 13 of the pusher 10, barrel channels 14 with split plugs of the projectile probes 15 and contact leads 16 of the conductors. Probes 15 are placed in the barrel channels 14 with a device 17 for holding on the target (needles with barbs) and laying the current duct in the internal cavity of the probes with the leads 18 of the ends of the current lead to the contact leads 16. In the cavity 19 of the housing 12 there is an electric power generator in the form of an electric piezoelectric generator 20 of the impact type, one electrode 21 of which is in contact with one initiating electrode of the pyrotechnic source 22 of throwing energy with electric spark initiation, and the second electrode of which 23 is near (with a small spark gap) or directly touches the other initiating electrode of the pyrotechnic source 22 of throwing energy. The movable pusher 10 interacts with the pressure element of the electro-piezogenerator 20, actuating it when the pusher moves backward relative to the outlets of the barrel channels. The channel 24 hydraulically connects the barrel channels 14 and the source 22 of the throwing energy. Between the probes 15 and the ends of the receiver channels are sealed barrel channels non-conductive wads 25. As an electric shock-type piezoelectric generator, the cartridge in question uses a standard easily accessible "piezoelectric element" for gas lighters produced in many countries of the world, and the cost of such a piezoelectric generator, for example, made in China, is no more than $ 0.10-0.30 USA [5].

Fig. 3. Body 1, cartridge 2, rod 3 with tooth 26, fuse 4, pusher 10, electric piezoelectric generator 20, pyrotechnic source 22 of throwing energy, button 8, ejector (extractor) 27, ejector spring 28, generator of high-voltage damaging pulses 29.

The DESHO is loaded in the position of the fuse slider 4 "on the fuse" by inserting the cartridge 2 into the housing pocket 1 from the front, while the ejector spring 28 is compressed through the ejector 27, which ensures the extraction of the cartridge from the housing pocket when the DESHO is unloaded. When the cartridge is fully inserted into the pocket, the tooth 26 of the rod 3 jumps into the recess 9 of the cartridge, fixing it in the housing 1 by the pusher 10.

The weapon is unloaded by pressing the button 5 for unlocking the cartridge 2 from the body 1 with the thumb of the hand holding the DESHO. In this case, the button 5 presses the rod 3 with the tooth 26 from the recess 9 and from the pusher 10 of the cartridge. The spring 28 compressed during loading by means of the ejector 27 ejects the cartridge from the pocket of the weapon body. Thus, the discharge of the DESHO or the extraction of the spent cartridge for loading a new cartridge in order to produce a quick second shot is faster than in analogues and the prototype, since the user does not need to use his second hand to remove the spent cartridge from the weapon.

If it is necessary to demonstrate a spark electric discharge to the offender in order to remove his aggression or to use it in a contact way (without shots), the user turns the fuse 4 to the “work” position (this opens access to the button 8 in the recess 7 of the body) and presses the thumb of the holding hand the weapon on the button 8. This turns on the generator of high-voltage damaging pulses and the high-voltage damaging voltage of the electric current is supplied to the contact electrodes 11, forming a demonstration spark high-voltage discharge between them, or when the DESHO is pressed against the target body, it is applied to the target body, producing an immobilizing effect on the target.

If it is necessary to remotely influence (shot) on the offender, the user turns the fuse 4 to the "work" position and presses on the engine 4 with the thumb of the hand, moving it back relative to the body of the weapon. At the same time, the thrust 3 with its tooth 26 moves the pusher 10 in the cavity 19 of the cartridge 2, compressing the pressure element of the electro-piezoelectric generator 20 with its mainspring, which at the end of the thrust 3 travel backwards breaks from the internal sear of the electro-piezo generator, unclenches and with a striker strikes the piezoelectric element, which generates a high voltage pulse transmitted through electrodes 21 and 23 on the pyrotechnic source 22 of the energy of throwing probes. The source 20 is initiated and the combustion gases of the pyrocomposition are accelerated in the barrel channels 14 of the cartridge 2 probes 15 with a conductor that fly to the target, get into it and are fixed on it by devices 17. 8 which includes a generator of high-voltage damaging pulses and a high-voltage damaging voltage of electric current is supplied to the contact electrodes 11 and then to the contact terminals 16 of the current leads of the cartridge adjacent to them, after which a high-voltage discharge is applied to the body of the target through the probes with current leads that hit the target, immobilizing it. By first pressing the button 8 , and then the slider 4 back relative to the body of the DESHO, the user can instantly switch from the contact action mode or discharge demonstration to the remote action mode by firing a shot at the offender. The independence of initiation of the firing cartridge from the operation of the generator of high-voltage damaging pulses is achieved because the electrical initiation of the firing cartridge is not carried out from the high-voltage damaging voltage of the electric current generated by the generator of high-voltage damaging pulses, as in analogs and the prototype, but only by a separate generator located in the firing cartridge itself and generating electric current for initiating a propelling pyro charge of the cartridge only from a mechanical impact on it. The mode of contact action or demonstration of an electric discharge with a shooting cartridge loaded in a DESHO is fundamentally impossible for analogs and a prototype.

The engine 4 has two recesses on the surface adjacent to the upper part of the housing 1. The notch 31, advancing on the ledge 6 of the housing 1, when the engine 4 is turned, fixes the engine and, accordingly, the thrust 3 in the "safe" position. Pushing the notch 32 onto the ledge 6 of the body 1, when the engine 4 is turned, fixes the engine and, accordingly, the rod 3 in the "arrest" position (see below).

If it is necessary to arrest the offender before using the DESHO, the user removes the weapon from the position of the rotary fuse 4 "on the fuse", presses the slide 4 with his thumb back relative to body of the weapon firing a shot at the target. When immobilizing the target with its fall to the ground, the user, by turning the fuse slider 4, switches the weapon to the "arrest" position, fixing the slider 4 with a notch 32 on its rear part on the ledge 6 of the body, puts the weapon with a working generator of high-voltage damaging pulses on the ground and arrests the offender with handcuffing him. After making the arrest, the user must turn the slider 4 to remove the weapon from the "arrest" position, move the slider 4 forward relative to the body of the weapon and turn the slider 4 to put it in the "on safety" position, thus turning off the generator of high-voltage damaging pulses. DESHO can be equipped with a timer for the duration of the high-voltage damaging pulse generator. For example: 3 s. impact on the offender - 2 s. rest of the offender (to restore the work of the respiratory and cardiac apparatus). After that, the cycle can be repeated until the DESHO is set by the user "on the fuse".

The extraction of the spent cartridge is carried out by pressing the button 5 of the extraction of the disconnection of the tooth 26 of the rod 3 from the recess 9 of the cartridge and from the pusher 10 with the thumb of the hand.

Fig. 4. DESHO with the upper half of the case removed. Button 5 has a protrusion 33 located in the groove of the upper half of the housing, the bevel of which interacts with the bevel 34 of the rod 3 when button 5 is pressed to extract the cartridge from the DESHO. In the lower half of the case there is a generator of high-voltage damaging pulses 29, a battery 35 and a charging socket 36 of the battery. The charging socket 36 is located inside the housing 1 in a pocket for installing the cartridge in order to prevent the occurrence of "capacitive breakdown" [6] on the user and the corresponding "fear of one's own weapon" by the user. Due to the smallest design of the proposed DESHO from the currently available DESHO in the world, the case of the proposed DESHO in mass production must be made of two halves welded by ultrasound in order to prevent the discharge of "capacitive breakdown" from passing through the gap between the halves of the body, the electrically conductive parts of the button 8 are separated from the user's finger by a sufficient distance which is longer than the length of the electric spark discharge developed during "capacitive breakdown", therefore the only weak point for the development of "capacitive breakdown" is the battery charging socket, which is used as a micro-USB connector. In the proposed design, the connector is removed inside the housing, which completely eliminates the development of "capacitive breakdown" on the user. The battery is charged by a mains charger in the form of a cartridge inserted into the pocket of the DESHO.

The weapon according to the alleged invention has a simplified design and low precision in the manufacture of weapon parts, which, even with backward domestic technologies, makes it possible to organize the production of a small-sized DESHO in Russia and export it to other countries.

The above description discusses the preferred embodiments of the present invention, which may be changed or modified without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the claims.

Comparison of the proposed technical solution with the identified analogues and the prototype of the prior art did not reveal an identical match of the essential features of the invention. The proposed differences of the claimed electroshock weapon, which directly follow from the statement of the purpose of the invention, are not obvious to a specialist in electroshock devices.

The proposed DESHO has the minimum overall dimensions (120x18x53 mm) in the world at the date of filing the application for the invention for both remote action with the possibility of contact use in a discharged state, and even more so with the possibility of contact action in a charged state. Such dimensions slightly (only in thickness) exceeding the dimensions of modern smartphones make it possible to constantly carry it in pockets or women's handbags without creating inconvenience and without protruding from under clothes. A further reduction in the length of the proposed invention is impossible in principle, since in the case of such a reduction, the safe holding of the weapon by the user's hand becomes dangerous. This is a consequence of the fact that the length of a high-voltage electric spark breakdown by a sliding discharge (along the body) can reach the user's fingers even under normal atmospheric conditions, and in conditions of high humidity, fog, and precipitation, the user will be unequivocally struck in the hand by the electric impact of his own weapon. The extreme simplicity of the design of the proposed DESHO and, accordingly, its low cost theoretically allows the self-defense function of citizens to be carried out by leaving the DESHO in the “arrest” mode at the place of use and with subsequent compensation of the cost of the DESHO by the manufacturer (“Safe Escape” program) [7]. Such a program has been deployed since the foundation of Taser Int. has been operating for 26 years until today. In Russia, due to poverty, such programs do not exist. Implementation example.

Fig. 5 Appearance of an experimental DESHO made by 3D prototyping, half of the body and a firing cartridge. In the experimental DESHO, a Tumigy nano-tech Lipo Pack 300 mah 7.4V 90 C battery, a damaging pulse generator with preionization, and a small-sized coreless transformer were used [8]. The output electrical power of the experimental DESHO can be adjusted from 3.0 W to 10.0 W, which makes it possible to produce the DESHO both for use by citizens and law enforcement agencies.

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Claims

Claim

1. A small-sized remote electric shock weapon containing a non-conductive body with a pocket for a firing cartridge, a source of electrical energy, a generator of high-voltage damaging pulses with a start button, characterized in that it has a movable mechanical element of fixation in the body of the shooting cartridge that extends to the outer surface of the body and influences the initiation of the shooting cartridge by pressing a part of the cartridge or by shifting the entire cartridge relative to the body of the weapon, and the start button of the high-voltage damaging pulse generator interacts with the mechanical element of influence during its movement.

2. The weapon according to claim 1, characterized in that the movable mechanical element of influencing the initiation of the firing cartridge has a device for its forced fixation in certain positions relative to the body of the weapon.

3. The weapon according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a button for releasing the movable mechanical element from the firing cartridge.

4. A weapon according to claim 1, characterized in that a spring-loaded ejector of the firing cartridge is located in the body of the weapon.

5. A weapon according to claim 1, characterized in that the source of electrical energy in the form of a battery has a charging socket located in the pocket for the firing cartridge.