Firearm with Integrated Electronic Systems
AssigneeVK Integrated Systems, Inc.
InventorVasilios K. Kapogianis
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Abstract
Man portable weapons include integrated electronics that that may be integrated into any suitable location within the envelope of the weapon such as the buttstock. The electronics may be integrated within the main components of any suitable man portable weapon in a non-intrusive way as to have no effect on the firing mechanism of the small arm when it is fully assembled.
Claims16
A electronic firearm system for a man portable firearm having a buttstock with outer surfaces, an upper receiver with outer surfaces, a lower receiver with outer surfaces and an envelope formed of the outer surfaces of the buttstock, the upper receiver and the lower receiver, the electronic firearm system comprising:
- a removable lid enclosing an volume within the buttstock, the removable lid operating as a cheek pad;
- an electronics channel between the enclosed volume in the buttstock and the upper receiver;
- an electronics system within the enclosed volume within the buttstock operable to calculate the location and orientation of the man portable firearm with respect to a battlespace as well as calculating position and orientation with respect to a virtual coordinate system and to transmit and receive data;
- a cable within the electronics channel between the electronics system and a plurality of sensors within the envelope of the man portable firearm operably connected to the electronics system;
- a power source operatively connected to the electronics system and the plurality of sensors to provide power to the electronics system and the plurality of sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.