Control system for rotary firearms
OwnerMontana Marcus Alvarezinventor
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Abstract
A Gatling-style platform has a control system to limit the number of ammunitions that can be fired a single or multiple times. The control system is operably coupled to an electronic motor that can be coupled to multi-barrels for rotating the multi-barrels and a delinker to feed the ammunition. The electronic firearm further includes an electronic rotary trigger that has multiple discrete intervals that correspond to the number of ammunition or rounds of ammunition to be fired, wherein the electronic rotary trigger can be rotated to any desired level from the multiple discrete intervals, the rotation of the electronic rotary trigger actuates the delinker and/or motor to start firing.
Claims11
An electronic firearm comprising:
- an electronic motor;
- a plurality of barrels configured to be rotated by the electronic motor;
- a control system operably coupled to the electronic motor, wherein the control system is configured to limit and control a number of ammunitions or rounds of ammunitions fired within a plurality of predefined discrete levels;
- and
- an electronic rotary trigger operably coupled to the control system, wherein the electronic rotary trigger is configured to be rotated, wherein rotation of the electronic rotary trigger triggers firing, wherein a degree of rotation of the electronic rotary trigger is proportional to a rate of firing.
A method for controlling a number of ammunitions fired by a Gatling-style platform, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a Gatling-style platform comprising:
- an electronic motor;
- a plurality of barrels configured to be rotated by the electronic motor;
- a control system operably coupled to the electronic motor, wherein the control system is configured to limit and control a number of ammunitions or rounds of ammunitions fired within a plurality of predefined discrete levels;
- and
- an electronic rotary trigger operably coupled to the control system, wherein the electronic rotary trigger is configured to be rotated, wherein rotation of the electronic rotary trigger triggers firing, wherein a degree of rotation of the electronic rotary trigger is proportional to a rate of firing;
- rotating the electronic rotary trigger to a first degree of rotation to trigger firing at a first rate of firing;
- upon firing, further rotating the electronic rotary trigger to a second degree of rotation to fire at a second rate of firing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.