US 12,000,678 B2
Mechanisms for magazine lock and release
Michael E. Gish, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Patrick W. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US); John Groff, San Francisco, CA (US); Mark Eastwood, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Alex Kensil, Oakland, CA (US); Arturo Meuniot, San Francisco, CA (US); Trevor Ryan, Tahoe City, CA (US); and Michael Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,728.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,368, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021927 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F41A 17/38 (2006.01)
CPC F41H 13/0025 (2013.01) [F41A 17/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) comprising:
a handle comprising a bay for receiving a magazine, wherein the bay comprises a first set of datum and a first bias spring, the first set of datum comprising respective portions of a surface on at least a first side of the bay configured to align the magazine to be coupled to the bay and the first bias spring configured to maintain tension against a corresponding surface of the magazine; and
the magazine comprising a second set of datum configured to interact with the first set of datum to align the magazine to be coupled with the bay, wherein the first set of datum is disposed along a top handle surface of the bay, and wherein the second set of datum is disposed along a top magazine surface of the magazine.