Patents Assigned to Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona)
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Patent number: 9714492Abstract: An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in sections and the penetrators can be arranged so as to be multi-directional within each section.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert Arthur McCoy, Brian D. Rosner, Patrick J. Barnhill, Gregg D. Spendlove, Edwin Allen Spomer, Martin A. Martinez
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Patent number: 9416506Abstract: An apparatus to be positioned at the side of a roadway for ensnaring tires of an oncoming land vehicle. The apparatus comprises a plurality of segments flexibly attached end-to-end. At least a subset of the segments further comprise a spike ramp. The segments are connected at the ends via hinges. The segments are adapted to house a net package in a stowed-away configuration. The net package includes a set of spikes tethered to netting. A deployment hose is connected to a subset of the segments to cause the segments to become unstacked for deployment when the deployment hose is inflated.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventor: Mynor J. Castro
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Patent number: 9340935Abstract: An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in sections and the penetrators can be arranged so as to be multi-directional within each section.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert Arthur McCoy, Brian D. Rosner, Patrick J. Barnhill, Gregg D. Spendlove, Edwin Allen Spomer, Martin A. Martinez
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Patent number: 9255367Abstract: An apparatus to be positioned at the side of a roadway for ensnaring tires of an oncoming land vehicle is described. The apparatus comprises a plurality of segments flexibly attached end-to-end. At least a subset of the segments further comprise a spike ramp. The segments are connected at the ends via hinges. The segments are adapted to house a net package in a stowed-away configuration. The net package includes a set of spikes tethered to netting. A deployment hose is connected to a subset of the segments to cause the segments to become unstacked for deployment when the deployment hose is inflated.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona)Inventor: Mynor J. Castro
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Patent number: 9103082Abstract: An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in sections and the penetrators can be arranged so as to be multi-directional within each section.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert Arthur McCoy, Brian D. Rosner, Patrick J. Barnhill, Gregg D. Spendlove, Edwin Allen Spomer, Martin A. Martinez
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Patent number: 8905672Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert A. McCoy, William G. Seeglitz, Edwin A. Spomer
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Publication number: 20140186110Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert A. McCoy, William G. Seeglitz, Edwin A. Spomer
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Patent number: 8662786Abstract: A vehicle destabilizing device that provides for the selective, remotely-deployed deflection and/or overturning of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment switch, one or more lifting devices, a housing, and one or more structural members contiguously engaging the vehicle. The housing can be at least partially submerged in a road surface or protrude from the road surface so as to be driven over until deployed. A sensor can provide independent deployment once the device is armed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona) LLCInventors: William Grant Seeglitz, Mynor J. Castro, Robert Arthur Mccoy, Edwin Allen Spomer, Michael David Williams
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Patent number: 8596904Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert A. McCoy, William G. Seeglitz, Edwin A. Spomer
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Patent number: 8517625Abstract: An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in a triangular section which, in turn, can be deployable on any of its three sides.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Robert Arthur McCoy, Brian D. Rosner, Patrick J. Barnhill, Gregg D. Spendlove, Edwin Allen Spomer, Martin A. Martinez
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Patent number: 8469627Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/snare deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more snares with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert A. McCoy, William G. Seeglitz, Edwin A. Spomer
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Publication number: 20130078036Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert A. McCoy, William G. Seeglitz, Edwin A. Spomer
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Publication number: 20120237293Abstract: An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move the apparatus between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, a mass configured to deploy the apparatus to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the apparatus to the retracted arrangement. The penetrators can be arranged in a triangular section which, in turn, can be deployable on any of its three sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Robert Arthur McCoy, Brian D. Rosner, Patrick J. Barnhill, Gregg D. Spendlove, Edwin Allen Spomer, Martin A. Martinez
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Patent number: 8186905Abstract: A non-lethal vehicle device provides for the selective, remotely-deployed controlled stop of a targeted vehicle regardless of wheel or undercarriage configuration. The device is comprised of a combination of a remote arm/safe mechanism, a remote deployment controller, spike/membrane deployment mechanism(s), a “speed bump” type housing that can protrude (be driven over until deployed) or be submerged, and one or more membranes with a plurality of spikes. A combination of sensors may provide independent deployment once armed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Pacific Scientific Energetic Material Company (Arizona), LLCInventors: Mynor J. Castro, Robert Arthur McCoy, William Grant Seeglitz, Edwin Allen Spomer