# US 12,111,125 B2 · Electromechanical gun

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- Number: US 12,111,125 B2
- Document ID: US12111125B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/180,709
- Filed: 2023-03-08
- Published: 2023-08-03
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-28
- Assignees: Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Applicants: Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Inventors: Donna Kelley; Jack Hugo Thiesen; Katherine Joanne Lund; Sara Elizabeth Falcone; Benjamin William Dwyer; Kai Thorin Kloepfer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111125B2

## CPC

- F41A 17/06: Electric or electromechanical safeties (F41A17/04, F41A17/08 take precedence)
- F41A 3/88: mounted around the barrel
- F41A 17/46: Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence)
- F41A 19/59: Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released by electric means
- F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and techniques that can be implemented at a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may include a barrel located within a slide and a cylindrical spring enveloping the barrel. The barrel may be configured to act as a guide rod for the cylindrical spring, and the cylindrical spring may be configured to bias the slide in a forward battery position. The gun may include an electronic component such as an energy store, a processor, or a circuit board, located under the barrel and forward of the trigger when the gun is in an upright position. The gun may include a physical transmission medium that electronically couples the electronic component with an additional electronic component located rearward of the trigger, and the physical transmission medium may be at least partially encapsulated by a trigger guard.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A gun that has a frame onto which other components are integrated, the gun comprising:
a slide that is movable upon the frame;
a recoil spring coupled with the slide that is configured to bias the slide in battery;
a locking mechanism that moveably couples a barrel with the slide such that both the barrel and the slide can travel together for a distance;
an energy store located below the barrel when the gun is in an upright position; and
a camera configured to generate an image to be analyzed as part of a facial recognition procedure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The gun of claim 1, further comprising:
a communication channel embedded in a trigger guard of the gun, wherein the communication channel couples the camera with the energy store.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The gun of claim 1, further comprising:
an electronically activated actuator coupled with the energy store, wherein the electronically activated actuator is activated based on the energy store discharging electric charge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The gun of claim 3, wherein the camera is coupled with the energy store, and wherein the electronically activated actuator is activated further based on the facial recognition procedure determining that a user of the gun is authorized to operate the gun.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The gun of claim 3, wherein the electronically activated actuator is configured to disengage a safety mechanism in response to being activated.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The gun of claim 3, wherein the electronically activated actuator is configured to release a sear in response to being activated.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The gun of claim 1, wherein the energy store is located forward of a trigger when the gun is in the upright position.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The gun of claim 1, wherein the camera is located rearward of a trigger when the gun is in the upright position.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The gun of claim 1, wherein the camera is located below the slide when the gun is in the upright position.