Engine disabling weapon
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating an electrical circuit disabling high-voltage electrical discharge at a first point proximate to a distant target circuit which comprises:
- means for generating a high-voltage pulsed alternating electrical current adjusted to induce secondary disabling currents in said circuit;
wherein said current has periodic positive and negative voltages;
means for ionizing at least one channel of ambient air between said means for generating and said first point; and
means for applying said electrical current to said ionized channel.
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Abstract
A non-lethal weapon for disabling an engine such as that of a fleeing car by means of a high voltage discharge that perturbs or destroys the electrical circuits. The transmission of the disabling voltage to the distant target is via two channels of electrically conductive air. The conductive channels are created by multi-photon and collisional ionization within the paths of two beams of coherent (laser) or collimated incoherent ultraviolet radiation directed to the target. A single beam may be used when the high voltage source and the target are grounded. The high-voltage current flows from electrodes at the origin of the beams along the channels of free electrons within them.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating an electrical circuit disabling high-voltage electrical discharge at a first point proximate to a distant target circuit which comprises:
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means for generating a high-voltage pulsed alternating electrical current adjusted to induce secondary disabling currents in said circuit; wherein said current has periodic positive and negative voltages; means for ionizing at least one channel of ambient air between said means for generating and said first point; and means for applying said electrical current to said ionized channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for generating an electrical circuit disabling high-voltage electrical discharge about a distant target which comprises:
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generating a high-voltage pulsed alternating primary electrical current; wherein said current has periodic positive and negative voltages; repetitively ionizing at least one channel of ambient air between a source of said current and a point proximate to said target by emitting a beam of ultraviolet radiation of sufficient energy to cause multi-photon ionization, said beam impinging upon both said source and said point; and discharging said source though said channel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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