Patent ID: 7246613
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: B60R,F41H,F42B

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle interdiction projectile device comprising: (A) a cylindrical tubular body comprising an aero dynamic head, a frangible forward section and retractable fins extending radially outwardly from a rearward section of the body, (B) an infrared sensor in the head adapted to locate an exhaust pipe opening on an motor vehicle within a defined conical space fanning out in a direction the projectile in traveling, (C) guidance means in the rearward section adapted to adjust the path of the flight of the device to direct the flight of the projectile to the exhaust pipe opening, (D) an elastic bladder in the frangible forward section of the body, the bladder operably connected to a compressed gas cartridge adapted to inflate the bladder to a size greater than the exhaust pipe opening of the motor vehicle upon gas being released from the cartridge, and (E) a piercer attached to the compressed gas cartridge adapted to release the gas upon the projectile device entering the exhaust pipe opening of the motor vehicle.