Jaycor

Charles E Mallon

Edward J Vasel

Peter G Coakley

Raymond Denson

Scott C Nunan

Gregory A Niederhaus

Norbert C Wild, Jr

Harold A Fasig

Terry M Flanagan

Steven W Lutjens

James R Fasig

An projectile and method of using same employ a projectile body; an electric circuit housed within the projectile body; a plurality of electrodes, coupled to the electric circuit, for delivering an electrical shock to the target; and attachment means, coupled to the projectile body, for attaching the projectile to the target.

Non-lethal projectile for delivering an electric shock to a living target

An improved visibility detector and method emit infrared radiation away from an infrared emitter; detect an amount of infrared radiation backscattered by an airborne visibility impeding agent; and generate a backscatter signal in response to the amount detected. In one embodiment, the detector detects an amount of the infrared radiation that is not backscattered; generates a reference signal in response thereto; determines an actual amount of the infrared radiation backscattered; determines whether the actual amount exceeds a prescribed threshold; and generates an alarm signal in event the actual amount is determined to exceed the prescribed threshold. In other embodiments, the device employs a meniscus barrier between the emitter and the detector; another, lower, threshold in determining when to terminate the alarm signal; a second alarm signal to indicate that backscatter has increased above another, higher, threshold; a calibration scheme for calibrating the detector and/or a running average to avoid anomalous indications of low/high visibility.

Backscatter-type visibility detection

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Charles E Mallon