US 12,031,799 B2Granted

System and method for increasing performance of shooter and firearm

AssigneeValen Foundry Inc.

InventorsScott Wohlstein, Fred Koeck, Bruce Cole, Doug Peebles, Richard Kloostra, Burn Rice, Larry Wright, William Rankin, Jr.

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Abstract

A system and method for measuring, characterizing, and making recommendations for improving the performance of a shooter and one or more associated firearms. A data collection environment comprises an operator device and a server and data management module configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network. A rig, which may be configured with sensors, may comprise a base assembly, a stock assembly, a grip/trigger assembly, a forend assembly a remote trigger assembly, and a safety lanyard assembly.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an operator device configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network;
a server and data management module configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network, where the server and data management module further comprises a registration customer service submodule and a partner services submodule;
a rig configured so as to hold a firearm in place at the same points as an operator;
a sensor suite comprising one or more sensors affixed to at least one of an operator and the rig;
an electronics management module operably connected with the operator device, where the electronics management module further comprises a power source, a processor/or processors, and a communications submodule;
and
a rig sensor suite where the rig sensor suite is operably coupled to the electronics management module and is configured to collect one or more data sets from at least one of the operator and the rig, where the rig sensor suite further comprises:
a base sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of temperature, relative humidity, sound, light, alignment, mass vibration, signals, and alerts;
a top of rail sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of position, orientation, velocity, and acceleration;
a stock sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of pressure, position, and orientation;
a grip trigger sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with pressure, position, and orientation, and
a forend sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of pressure, position, and orientation;
and
where the server and data management module further comprises a rig data submodule configured to process one or more data sets received from the rig sensor suite.

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A system comprising:

an operator device configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network;
a server and data management module configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network, where the server and data management module further comprises:
(i) a registration customer service submodule;
(ii) a partner services submodule;
and (iii) comparative data submodule configured to process one or more data sets by applying an algorithm to compare the data sets to one or more baselines;
a rig configured so as to hold a firearm in place at the same points as an operator;
a sensor suite comprising one or more sensors affixed to at least one of an operator and the rig, wherein:
the rig further comprises:
a base assembly comprising:
a longitudinal rail assembly;
a stock assembly operably connected to the longitudinal rail assembly and configured to support a stock of the firearm;
and
a grip/trigger assembly operably connected to the longitudinal rail assembly and configured to support a grip of the firearm and configured to enable remote operation of the system;
and
a forend assembly operably connected to the longitudinal rail assembly and configured to support a forend of the firearm;
the base assembly further comprises a dog bone assembly and a plurality of swivel leveling mounts affixed to a plate of the dog bone assembly;
and
the stock assembly further comprises:
a stock cradle,
a brace,
a first extension tube and a second extension tube,
a plate configured to couple the first and second extension tubes, and
a link base configured to connect the brace with the first and second extension tubes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/103,824Filed 24 Nov 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 30 Dec 2019
Published: US 2021/0199407 A11 Jul 2021
Granted: 9 Jul 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F41G 3/26
Aiming or laying means: teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
F41A 19/08
Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms: remote actuated; lanyard actuated
F41A 19/11
Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms: trigger guards; Trigger-guard mountings
F41A 23/16
Mountings without wheels: testing mounts