Firearm with safety system having a communications package
AssigneeColt's Manufacturing Company Inc.
InventorKevin A. Kaminski
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Abstract
A module having a housing, a battery, control circuitry and electrical conductors. The battery and control circuitry are contained in the housing. The housing is adapted to be removably connected to the frame of a firearm. The electrical conductors are located on the housing and allow the battery and control circuit to be electrically connected to other components of the firearm. The housing can be connected at a hand grip section of the firearm and forms a substantial portion of at least one exterior side of the firearm at the hand grip section.
Claims37
A firearm having a frame, a firing mechanism connected to the frame, the firing mechanism having a trigger, and a firing mechanism interrupter connected to the firing mechanism to prevent firing of the firearm, the interrupter comprising:
- control circuitry;
- a first switch electrically connected to the control circuitry to signal actuation of the first switch;
- and
- a second switch connected to the frame at a hand grip section and electrically connected to the control circuitry to signal gripping of the hand grip section of the frame by a user,
- wherein both the first and second switches must be actuated before the control circuitry allows the firing mechanism to fire.
A firearm comprising:
- a frame;
- a firing mechanism connected to the frame, the firing mechanism having a trigger;
- a firing mechanism controller comprising communication electronics, a battery, a firing mechanism interrupter bar, and an electrically operated driver for moving the interrupter bar;
- a first hand grip panel connected to the frame, the first panel having a first set of electrical components thereon including at least a portion of the communication electronics;
- and
- a second hand grip panel connected to the frame, the second panel having a second set of electrical components thereon including the battery and the driver,
- wherein the first and second sets of electrical components are electrically connected to each other.
A firearm system comprising:
- a firearm having a frame, a firing mechanism connected to the frame, a firing mechanism interrupter connected to the firing mechanism for preventing actuation of the firing mechanism, and a communications package connected to the frame and electrically connected to the interrupter;
- a unit intended to be carried on a user, the unit having a magnetic coupled transponder for receiving a signal from the communications package and transmitting a magnetic coded analog signal to the communications package on the firearm,
- wherein the firing mechanism interrupter prevents the firing mechanism from being actuated unless the communications package is within range of the transponder and receives the correct signal from the transponder.
A firearm system comprising:
- a firearm having a frame, a firing mechanism connected to the frame, a firing mechanism interrupter connected to the firing mechanism for preventing firing of the firearm, and a first communications package connected to the frame and electrically connected to the interrupter;
- a unit intended to be carried on a user, the unit having a second communications package,
- wherein at least one of the communication packages is adapted to transmit coded magnetic signals and the other communications package is adapted to read the signals.
A firearm comprising:
- a frame;
- a firing mechanism connected to the frame, the firing mechanism comprising a striker, a trigger, a drawbar connected to the trigger and having a first sear surface, and a second sear surface connected to the striker;
- and
- means for preventing the first and second sear surfaces from contacting each other when the trigger is pulled by a user, the means for preventing comprising an electrical driver with a shaft adapted to contact the drawbar to move the drawbar in a downward direction and a communications package connected to the driver.
A firearm safety system comprising:
- a first communications system on a firearm;
- a second communications system carried on a user separate from the firearm;
- and
- means for limiting communications between the first and second communications systems, at least partially, to a rearward facing path of less than about 180° at a rear end of the firearm.
A firearm system comprising:
- firearms each having a safety system with a first communications package;
- and
- units to be carried by users, each unit having a second communications package adapted to communicate with at least one of the first communications packages;
- wherein the second communications package of at least one of the units is adapted to communicate with the first communications package of at least two of the firearms.
A firearm system comprising:
- firearms each having a safety system with a first communications package;
- and
- units to be carried by users, each unit having a second communications package adapted to communicate with at least one of the first communications packages,
- wherein the first communications package of at least one of the firearms is adapted to communicate with the second communications package of at least two of the units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.