Automatic aiming non-lethal area denial device

Details Automatic aiming non-lethal area denial device Automatic aiming non-lethal area denial device

1998-04-13

1999-09-21

Jordan, Charles T.

Ordnance

Waging war

102426, 102427, 361232, B64D 104, F42C 2202, H01G 2300

Patent

active

059556951

ABSTRACT:
The non-lethal TASER.RTM. Area Denial Device (TADD) can be deployed to prevent enemy reconnaissance troops or small raiding parties from penetrating lines and for their capture. The inventive device comprises a non-lethal alternative to the anti-personnel landmine. The TASER.RTM. alternative uses electronic stun capability in combination with a landmine housing and deployment system. This invention comprises improvements which address the issue of deployment. Regardless of which of the two flat sides of the device is in the up position, it provides the ability to launch the proper set of wires at an upward angle to intercept the subject when the target subject is in the correct position. It also simultaneously establishes a ground wire connection and prevents the second (downward facing) unusable set of wires from loading or short circuiting. The possibility of the device landing on the radius edge is eliminated by shaping the housing to make it unstable on that plane. The device will fall over onto one of two flat stable surfaces irrespective of where it initially impacts the ground. Grounding of unusable wires is prevented by a slidable shutter or gate which blocks launch of one of the lower set wires even when the device senses an intrusion into its trip space. The shutter or gate is gravity sensitive and automatically settles into a blocking position as soon as the device comes to rest.

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