ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,623, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Electrode deployment based on change in position" was invented by Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode may be automatically deployed based on a change associated with a conducted electrical weapon. The change may comprise a change in position. The electrode may be automatically deployed after a previous electrode is deployed from the conducted electrical weapon and the change in position is detected. A position of the conducted electrical weapon may be detected via a position sensor included in the conducted e...