Patents by Inventor Stephen D. Handel

Stephen D. Handel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230392906
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Magne H. NERHEIM, Steven N. D. BRUNDULA, Stephen D. HANDEL
  • Patent number: 11686558
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Magne H. Nerheim, Steven N. D. Brundula, Stephen D. Handel
  • Publication number: 20230152065
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Magne H. NERHEIM, Steven N. D. BRUNDULA, Stephen D. HANDEL
  • Patent number: 10989502
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Magne H. Nerheim, Steven N. D. Brundula, Stephen D. Handel
  • Patent number: 10473438
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Magne H. Nerheim, Steven N. D. Brundula, Stephen D. Handel
  • Publication number: 20180259303
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Magne H. NERHEIM, Steven N. D. BRUNDULA, Stephen D. HANDEL
  • Patent number: 10015871
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The current may ionize air in a gap. A gap may occur between terminals at a face of the CEW and/or between the electrodes positioned near target tissue. A CEW may include a detector to detect ionization of air in a gap. A CEW may use information related to detecting ionization to determine a location where the ionization occurred. Information regarding location of ionization may be used to determine whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Handel, Steven N. D. Brundula, Magne H. Nerheim
  • Publication number: 20170245355
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The current may ionize air in a gap. A gap may occur between terminals at a face of the CEW and/or between the electrodes positioned near target tissue. A CEW may include a detector to detect ionization of air in a gap. A CEW may use information related to detecting ionization to determine a location where the ionization occurred. Information regarding location of ionization may be used to determine whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: TASER International, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Handel, Steven N. D. Brundula, Magne H. Nerheim
  • Publication number: 20160351061
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring an aircraft during taxing on ground around an airport may include control of an engines-off taxiing system. The engines-off taxiing system may include a wireless handheld device having an aircraft stop pushbutton. The wireless handheld device may be carried by a wing-walker, and the associated aircraft stop pushbutton may be manually actuated by the wing-walker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Andrew F. Lamkin, Stephen D. Handel, Matthew Warpinski, Duke Buster