Hunting Arrow Transmitter Segmentation for Tracking Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bow hunters face challenges in locating missed arrows and wounded animals due to the limitations of existing tracking devices, which often result in financial loss and waste of natural resources, and the added weight of transmitters affects the arrow's performance.
Innovation Solution
A hunting arrow design featuring a signal generating transmitter with a compression fitting and angled surface, equipped with barbed hooks that detach and remain attached to the animal, allowing for efficient tracking of wounded animals while minimizing weight impact on the arrow's performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a transmitter is added to the arrow for tracking, then the ability to locate missed arrows and wounded animals is improved, but the weight of the arrow increases affecting performance
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking system is divided into two separate components: a lightweight transmitter attached to the arrow shaft, and a separate animal engagement member with barbed hooks that detaches and attaches to the animal. This segmentation allows the arrow to carry minimal weight while still providing tracking capability through the transmitter, and ensures animal retention through the separate engagement member.
2Reliability
If a transmitter is added to the arrow, then tracking capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the tracking function (transmitter on arrow) from the animal retention function (engagement member with barbed hooks). This segmentation simplifies each component's design and allows independent optimization, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining both tracking and retention capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement member is designed to dynamically detach from the arrow upon impact with the animal, transitioning from a static attached state to a separate deployed state. This dynamic behavior simplifies the attachment mechanism while ensuring reliable animal engagement without requiring complex permanent fastening systems.
3Speed
If the arrow diameter is reduced to decrease wind resistance, then the arrow performance is improved, but the structural strength decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials for the arrow shaft construction, combining materials with different properties to achieve both high strength and low weight. This allows the arrow to maintain reduced diameter for optimal aerodynamic performance while the composite structure provides the necessary structural strength to withstand the stresses of flight and impact.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.