Conducted electrical weapon

A conducted electrical weapon includes a housing, a laser aiming mechanism, a catapult, and an ejection switch mechanism. The laser aiming mechanism is fixed on the chute of the housing. The catapult is embedded in the housing and the ejection switch mechanism is mounted inside the housing. The catapult includes an elastic clip including a first latch and a second latch. The housing includes a first slot and a second slot. The first latch and the second latch of the elastic clip separately catch the first slot and the second slot of the housing. The ejection switch mechanism includes an ejection switch including a first locating hole and a second locating hole, a first thrust spring, and a second thrust spring. The housing further includes a first locating column and a second locating column.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119 and the Paris Convention Treaty, this application claims foreign priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201910224734.0 filed Mar. 24, 2019, and to Chinese Patent Application No. 201920374947.7 filed Mar. 24, 2019. The contents of all of the aforementioned applications, including any intervening amendments thereto, are incorporated herein by reference. Inquiries from the public to applicants or assignees concerning this document or the related applications should be directed to: Matthias Scholl P.C., Attn.: Dr. Matthias Scholl Esq., 245 First Street, 18th Floor, Cambridge, Mass. 02142.

BACKGROUND

The disclosure relates to the field of an antiriot devices, and more particularly to a non-lethal conducted electrical weapon that can fire a projectile to bind a target.

Conventional stun guns fire at a high speed that the impact can cause the target to fall to the ground instantly. However, this occasionally leads to unexpected deaths.

Conventional projectile devices have no binding function. As a result, the target can loosen or untie the ropes and then escape.

SUMMARY

The disclosure provides a conducted electrical weapon that can fire a projectile to bind a target. The conducted electrical weapon comprises a housing, a laser aiming mechanism, a catapult, and an ejection switch mechanism. The laser aiming mechanism is fixed on the chute of the housing, the catapult is embedded in the housing and the ejection switch mechanism is mounted inside the housing. The catapult comprises an elastic clip comprising a first latch and a second latch. The housing comprises a first slot and a second slot. The first latch and the second latch of the elastic clip separately catch the first slot and the second slot of the housing. The first latch and the second latch are simultaneously pressed to allow the catapult to be pulled out of the housing. The ejection switch mechanism comprises an ejection switch comprising a first locating hole and a second locating hole, a first thrust spring, and a second thrust spring. The housing further comprises a first locating column and a second locating column. The first thrust spring and the second thrust spring are butted against the first locating hole and the second locating hole and fixed on the first locating column and the second locating column, respectively. The laser aiming mechanism comprises a slide switch, a laser sight, a battery, and a circuit board. The laser sight and the battery are disposed on the circuit board and are fixed in the slide switch via screws.

The catapult comprises a first electric crochet, a second electric crochet, a cylinder with compressed gas, and a needle, and a ballistic body, a safety switch, a press block, and a door. The ballistic body comprises a first fixed area, a second fixed area, a third fixed area and a fourth fixed area. The first electric crochet, the second electric crochet, the cylinder, and the needle are separately mounted in the first fixed area, the second fixed area, the third fixed area and the fourth fixed area of the ballistic body. The elastic clip is pressed by the press block, and the ballistic body is locked by the safety switch and blocked by the door.

A wire is disposed between the first electric crochet and the second electric crochet. The high-voltage discharge is implemented by the battery, a control module, a boosting coil, the wire, a rectifying plate, a storage capacitor, a first crochet and a second crochet.

The cylinder with compressed gas, the needle, the first high-voltage crochet, and the second high-voltage crochet are fixed by the ballistic body. The elastic clip is loaded to the ballistic body to form the catapult; the included angle between the first electric crochet and the second electric crochet is 10 degrees.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

To further illustrate, embodiments detailing a conducted electrical weapon are described below. It should be noted that the following embodiments are intended to describe and not to limit the disclosure.

As shown inFIG. 1, the disclosure provides a non-lethal conducted electrical weapon that can fire a projectile to bind a target. The conducted electrical weapon has a binding function and comprises a housing101, a laser aiming mechanism200, a catapult300, and an ejection switch mechanism400for controlling the launch of the catapult.

The laser aiming mechanism200is for aiming the target position and pushing away the safety switch of the catapult.

The catapult300is a device capable of fixing a pair of high-voltage crochet, providing kinetic energy and triggering mechanism that is for hooking and binding the target and discharging a high-voltage pulse current.

The ejection switch mechanism400is configured to control and drive the launch of the catapult.

The housing101is for protecting and fixing the above modules and mechanical components, and provides control, installation and implementation.

The laser sight202and the battery203of the laser aiming mechanism200pass through the circuit board205and are fixed into the slide switch201(FIGS. 3A-3B). The slide switch201is fixed in the chute101-3of the housing101. The catapult300is embedded in the housing101, until the first latch301-1and the second latch301-2of the elastic clip301catch the first slot101-1and the second slot101-2on the housing101. The first latch301-1and the second latch301-2are simultaneously pressed to allow the catapult300to be pulled out of the housing101(FIG. 1). The first thrust spring402and the second thrust spring403are compressed and fixed by the first locating hole401-1and the second locating hole401-2of the ejection switch401that is on the ejection switch mechanism400to the first locating column101-4and the second locating column101-5that are both on the housing101. The laser sight202and the battery203of the laser aiming mechanism200pass through the circuit board205and are fixed into the slide switch201(FIGS. 2A-2B). The laser sight201and the battery203pass through the circuit board205and are fixed into the slide switch201(FIG. 3B).

The first high-voltage electric crochet303, the second high-voltage electric crochet304, the cylinder305with compressed gas and the needle309, are separately mounted in the first fixed area306-2, the second fixed area306-1, the third fixed area306-3and the fourth fixed area306-4of the ballistic body306. The elastic clip301is pressed by the press block310of elastic clip, and the ballistic body306is locked by the safety switch302of the elastic clip and blocked by the door308of the elastic clip (FIG. 4A).

The wire307electrically connects the high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304to conduct and bind the target person. The components responsible for high-voltage discharge comprises the battery304-1, the control module304-2, the boosting coil304-4, the wire307, the rectifying plate303-1, the storage capacitor303-2, the first crochet303-3and the second crochet304-3(FIG. 4A).

The conducted electrical weapon100carrying bundle function comprises a high-voltage electric crochet303and a second high-voltage electric crochet304, and a wire307is connected between the two to conduct and bind the target person. The part responsible for high-voltage discharge comprises the battery304-1, the control module304-2, the boosting coil304-4, the wire307, the rectifying plate303-1, the storage capacitor303-2, the first crochet303-3and the second crochet304-3. When the conducted electrical weapon ejects and binds the target, it forms a high-voltage discharge circuit with the bundled target (FIG. 4A).

The cylinder305with the compressed gas, the needle309, the first high-voltage crochet303, and the second high-voltage crochet304are all fixed by the ballistic body306. After being assembled, the whole elastic clip301is assembled into the catapult300, where the first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304are assembled and fixed at an angle of 10 degrees to each other (FIG. 4A). The catapult300is embedded in the housing101, until the first latch301-1and the second latch301-2of the elastic clip301catch the first slot101-1and the second slot101-2on the housing101; at this point it is an integrated state of the conducted electrical weapon100with a binding function (FIG. 3B).

Pulling the ejection switch401to the opposite direction of the catapult300until the detent101-7of the housing101gets stuck (FIGS. 5A-5B). When the slide switch201moves toward the catapult300and pushes away the safety switch302, the ballistic body306is unlocked, and the laser sight202generates a laser spot pointing to the target; at this time, the launch switch101-6hidden under the slide switch201is exposed, the conducted electrical weapon carrying bundle function is in a state to be launched (FIG. 5B).

The principle of ejection and binding of the catapult are as follows:

Pressing the launch switch101-6, after the ejection switch401leaves the detent101-7, the first thrust spring402and the second thrust spring403immediately release the pressure to quickly push the ejection switch401moving toward the direction in which the catapult300is located. Then the first fixed area306-1of the ballistic body306is stuck, moving the entire ballistic body306in the direction in which the press block310of elastic clip is located. Because the cylinder305is blocked by the press block310of elastic clip, the cylinder305is pierced by the needle309under the pressing force of the ballistic body306. The compressed gas in the cylinder305is instantaneously released to generate high-pressure gas, so that the first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304thrust and hit the door308of the elastic clip open. The wire307is ejected together with the catapult300toward the target. Since the first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304are fixed at an angle of 10 degrees to each other, the distance of the two electric crochets is increased in the process of shooting toward the target. After the wire307hits the target, it will drag the first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304. The first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304are rotated in opposite directions around the target under the action of inertial motion until the wire307is tightened. When the first crochet303-3and the second crochet304-3are hooked to the target, the purpose of binding to the target is achieved.

The principle of electric shock of the conducted electrical weapon is as follows: when the first high-voltage electric crochet303, the second high-voltage electric crochet304and the wire307are ejected from the catapult300, the built-in switch starts working. The first high-voltage electric crochet303and the second high-voltage electric crochet304are connected by a wire307, a high voltage is generated between the first crochet303-3and the second crochet304-3; after hooking the target, a high-voltage discharge circuit is immediately formed, and finally the purpose of binding target and discharging the high-voltage pulse current is achieved.