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US 12,437,179 B2Granted
Modular ammunition counter
AssigneeLaminar Engineering LLC
InventorSpencer Neitzke
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for counting belted or bulk ammunition rounds. The modular ammunition counter includes a detachable electronics assembly, an ammunition guide for receiving the ammunition rounds, and a sensor module. The electronics assembly is configured to count the number of ammunition rounds that pass through the coupled ammunition guide. This method of ammunition round counting offers a significant improvement in speed and accuracy compared to manually counting the ammunition rounds by hand.
Claims17
An ammunition counting device, comprising:
- an ammunition guide for accepting ammunition rounds;
- two sensors disposed along a path that the ammunition rounds travel through the ammunition guide, each sensor for producing a sensor signal upon detecting presence of an ammunition round;
- an electronics assembly for receiving sensor signals and producing a count signal responsive thereto, wherein a direction of travel of the ammunition rounds through the ammunition guide is responsive to a sequence of sensor signals from the two sensors such that an ammunition round passing in a first direction produces a count signal representing a count of plus one and an ammunition round passing in a second direction opposite to the first direction produces a count signal representing a count of minus one, wherein the ammunition count is responsive to the count signals;
- a display responsive to the electronics assembly for displaying the ammunition count;
- a fixture plate attached to the ammunition guide, wherein the ammunition rounds pass below the fixture plate;
- a pin for passing through spaced-apart pin horns affixed to an upper surface of the fixture plate proximate a first edge of the fixture plate;
- the fixture plate further comprising a projection extending from the upper surface proximate a second edge of the fixture plate, the projection defining an opening or slot therein, the second edge opposite the first edge;
- the electronics assembly further comprising a shoe disposed on a first surface thereof, the shoe for mating with the opening or slot;
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- the pin exerting a force on a second surface of the electronics assembly for retaining the shoe within the opening or slot, the second surface opposite the first surface.
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