US 11,686,559 B2
Laser weapon system
Joseph Nolan Paranto, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Christopher Scott Church, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/724,947.
Application 17/724,947 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,895, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,340,046.
Application 17/124,895 is a continuation of application No. 16/448,734, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,900,755, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,067, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412701 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41H 13/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/024 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 13/005 (2013.01) [F41H 13/0043 (2013.01); F41H 13/0062 (2013.01); H01S 5/02407 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0061 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable laser weapon system comprising:
a laser generation module;
a fiber optic cable coupled to the laser generation module;
a laser emitting unit coupled to the fiber optic cable;
a heat mitigation module comprising at least one removable cooling pod containing a phase change material,
wherein heat generated by the laser generation module converts the phase change material from a first phase to a second phase; and
a chiller that converts the phase change material from the second phase to the first phase,
wherein the chiller is separable from the laser generation module and the heat mitigation module and is configured to receive the at least one removable cooling pod.