Feb 10, 2026

US12546572 - Distributing deployments in a conducted electrical weapon

A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may distribute deployments from the CEW across a same activation event and across different activation events. The system may distribute deployments based on a deployment list. The deployment list may define a sequential deployment order for a deployment connections of the CEW. The system may determine a next deployment connection and activate the next deployment connection based on the deployment list. The system may update the deployment list responsive to activations of deployment connections such that the deployment list is sequentially maintained between activation events.

Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Inventors: Michael E. Gish, Magne H. Nerheim
Filing date: 2023-07-17

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The patent describes a method for a conducted electrical weapon (CEW) that manages the deployment of cartridges by utilizing a sequential deployment list to determine the order of activation for multiple deployment connections. The system updates this deployment list after each activation to ensure that the next connection is activated in the correct sequence during subsequent events.

Claim 1

1 . A method for distributing deployments in a conducted electrical weapon, the method comprising: retrieving, by a processing circuit, a deployment list, wherein the deployment list defines a deployment order for a plurality of deployment connections for the conducted electrical weapon; activating, by the processing circuit, a first deployment connection of the plurality of deployment connections based on the deployment order, wherein the activating the first deployment connection causes deployment of a first cartridge of the conducted electrical weapon; and updating, by the processing circuit, the deployment list to indicate a next deployment connection of the plurality of deployment connections in the deployment order. retrieving, by a processing circuit, a deployment list, wherein the deployment list defines a deployment order for a plurality of deployment connections for the conducted electrical weapon; activating, by the processing circuit, a first deployment connection of the plurality of deployment connections based on the deployment order, wherein the activating the first deployment connection causes deployment of a first cartridge of the conducted electrical weapon; and updating, by the processing circuit, the deployment list to indicate a next deployment connection of the plurality of deployment connections in the deployment order.

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