Barbed Hook Transmitter for Hunting Arrow Tracking
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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 technologies, which often result in financial loss and waste of natural resources, and the added weight of tracking devices affects the arrow's performance.
Innovation Solution
A hunting arrow design featuring a signal generating transmitter with a barbed hook mechanism that securely attaches to the arrow shaft and detaches upon impact, allowing for efficient tracking of wounded animals by broadcasting its location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a transmitter is added to the arrow for tracking purposes, then the ability to locate wounded animals and missed arrows is improved, but the weight of the arrow increases affecting its trajectory and performance
Solution Approach 1:
The transmitter system is segmented into modular components: a lightweight transmitter unit, a separate arrow shaft with integrated mounting features, and optional detachable elements. This segmentation allows the tracking functionality to be added without significantly increasing overall arrow weight while maintaining performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs miniaturization to reduce the transmitter's physical dimensions and weight, allowing it to be integrated into the arrow without adversely affecting flight characteristics. The transmitter is designed with optimized power consumption parameters to extend battery life while minimizing mass.
2Reliability
If a transmitter is added to the arrow, then tracking capability is improved, but the complexity of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmitter is integrated with the arrow shaft through combined design elements where the mounting mechanism and structural components are merged into a single unified structure, reducing the number of separate parts and simplifying assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The arrow shaft is designed with multi-functional features that serve both structural purposes and transmitter mounting purposes. The same structural elements provide both mechanical support and attachment points for the tracking device, reducing overall system complexity.
3Speed
If the arrow diameter is reduced to decrease wind resistance, then flight performance is improved, but the structural strength and ability to carry tracking devices is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The arrow shaft is constructed from composite materials that provide high strength-to-weight ratio, allowing for reduced diameter while maintaining structural integrity. The composite construction enables the arrow to be both lightweight for optimal flight performance and sufficiently strong to support tracking devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution significantly reduces the loss of wounded animals, allowing hunters to locate them efficiently and minimize resource waste while maintaining the arrow's performance by minimizing added weight.
Implementation Method 1
a barbed hook mechanism that securely attaches to the arrow shaft
Implementation Method 2
signal generating transmitter... broadcasting its location
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.