Electronic disabling device having a non-sinusoidal output waveform
View Patent ↗A system and/or an associated method for providing an electronic disabling device with an output having an output waveform other than a sinusoidal waveform (e.g., a damped waveform, a critically damped waveform, a half-cycle uni-pulse output waveform, etc.) and/or for providing the electronic disabling device that can selectively apply the half-cycle uni-pulse output waveform and a sinusoidal output waveform in one device package. In one embodiment, an electronic disabling device includes a power supply coupled to receive an initial power from a battery and a final step-up transformer (e.g., a plain transformer, an autoformer, etc.) adapted to provide an output power having a non-sinusoidal output waveform. In this embodiment, a bridge rectifier is coupled between the power supply and the final step-up transformer to produce the non-sinusoidal output waveform.
1. An electronic disabling device for producing a first output waveform to immobilize a live target, the electronic disabling device comprising:
a battery;
a power supply coupled to receive an initial power from the battery;
an final step-up transformer adapted to provide an output power having the first output waveform;
a first electrical output contact coupled to receive the output power having the first output waveform from the final step-up transformer;
a second electrical output contact coupled to receive the output power having the first output waveform from the first electrical output through the live target; and
a rectifier coupled to the final step-up transformer to produce the first output waveform; and
a spark gap, a storage capacitor, a first electrical switching device, a second electrical switching device, a third electrical switching device, and a fourth electrical switching device, wherein the first and second electrical switching devices are used to couple the spark gap and the storage capacitor with the final step-up transformer to produce the first output waveform and the third and fourth electrical switching devices are used to couple the spark gap and the storage capacitor with the final step-up transformer to produce a second output waveform.
2. The electronic disabling device of claim 1 , further comprising a control logic electrically coupled between the power supply and the first and second electrical switching devices to allow a control input from a user of the electronic disabling device.
3. The electronic disabling device of claim 1 , wherein the final step-up transformer comprises a primary coil, wherein the first and second electrical switching devices are used to couple the spark gap to the primary coil in series and to couple the storage capacitor to the spark gap and the primary coil in parallel, and wherein the second and third electrical switching devices are used to couple the storage capacitor to the primary coil in series and to couple the spark gap to the storage capacitor and the primary coil in parallel.
4. The electronic disabling device of claim 3 , further comprising a control logic electrically coupled between the power supply and the first, second, third, and fourth electrical switching devices to allow a control input from a user of the electronic disabling device.
5. The electronic disabling device of claim 1 , wherein the rectifier is a full-wave bridge rectifier.
6. The electronic disabling deice of claim 1 , wherein the rectifier is coupled between the power supply and the final step-up transformer.
7. The electronic disabling device of claim 6 , wherein the rectifier is a full-wave bridge rectifier.