US 12,264,892 B2
Electrified baton
Patrick W Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Lynn Kern, Phoenix, AZ (US); Mark Eastwood, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Hans Moritz, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Nathan Patulski, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Brian Fairbanks, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/068,790.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,248, filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0108883 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. F41B 15/04 (2006.01); F41B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41B 15/04 (2013.01) [F41B 15/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical weapon for applying a stimulus signal to a target, comprising:
a signal generator configured to generate the stimulus signal;
a shaft;
a first arm pivotably coupled to the shaft;
a first electrode positioned on the first arm; and
a second electrode positioned on the first arm, wherein:
the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically coupled to the signal generator to receive the stimulus signal;
the first electrode receives a first portion of the stimulus signal, the first portion of the stimulus signal comprising at least one of a first positive voltage, a first negative voltage, or a first polarity and the first electrode associated with a first signal path for the first portion of the stimulus signal; and
the second electrode receives a second portion of the stimulus signal different from the first portion of the stimulus signal, the second portion of the stimulus signal comprising at least one of a second positive voltage, a second negative voltage, or a second polarity and the second electrode is associated with a second signal path for the second portion of the stimulus signal.