Firearm battery and control module
AssigneeColt's Manufacturing Company Inc.
InventorsKevin A. Kaminski, Douglas G. Overbury
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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.
Claims20
A firearm fire control module comprising:
- a housing sized and shaped to be connected to a frame of a firearm separate from a magazine of the firearm and without intruding into a magazine receiving area of the firearm;
- a rechargeable battery located in the housing;
- a battery charging terminal on the housing;
- a control circuit located in the housing and electrically connected to the battery;
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- electrical conductors connected to the control circuit for connecting the control circuit to other components of the firearm when the housing is connected to the firearm.
In a firearm having a frame, a barrel connected to the frame, a firing mechanism connected to the frame, a battery, and a control circuit, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a fire control module removably connected to the frame, the module having a housing with the battery and the control circuit located therein and electrical contacts on the housing that connect the control circuit and the battery to other components of the firearm, the housing having an exterior surface that forms a substantial portion of one side of a hand grip section of the firearm, and the module further comprising a battery recharging connector connected to the housing.
A firearm system comprising:
- a firearm having a frame, a firing mechanism connected to the frame, a firing mechanism interrupter connected to the frame for preventing actuation of the firing mechanism, and a fire control module removably connected to the frame and electrically connected to the interrupter, the module comprising control circuitry with a radio frequency receiver section, a battery connected to the control circuitry and a battery recharging connector connected to the battery;
- a battery recharger connectable to the battery recharging connector of the module;
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- a unit intended to be carried on a user, the unit having a radio frequency transmitter section for transmitting a signal to the receiver section in the firearm,
- wherein the firing mechanism interrupter prevents the firing mechanism from being actuated unless the receiver section is within range of the transmitter section and receives a signal from the transmitter section.
A firearm system comprising:
- a frame having a hand grip section;
- a barrel connected to the frame;
- a firing mechanism connected to the frame;
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- a fire control module connected to the frame at the hand grip section, the module having a housing that forms a substantial portion of at least one exterior side of the firearm at the hand grip section and a rechargeable battery located inside the housing,
- wherein a battery recharging connector is provided that is electrically connected to the battery for recharging the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.