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US 8,656,820 B1Granted
Electronically controlled automatic cam rotor gun system
AssigneeARES, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J. Kertis, Jr., Steven C. Genet
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Abstract
An automatic weapon system that closely controls the operation of a weapon, such as a cam rotor gun. The system has, among other things, an actuator for firing ammunition, a feeder for supplying ammunition to be fired, and a counter for determining the amount of fired ammunition. An actuator sensor is in communication with the actuator and a counter sensor is in communication with the counter. A controller is in communication with the actuator sensor, the counter sensor and the feeder to control the operation of the weapon.
Claims14
A weapon system comprising:
- a cam rotor gun having an electric drive motor for firing ammunition, a feeder for supplying ammunition to be fired by the gun, and a counter for determining the amount of ammunition fired by the gun;
- a drive motor sensor in communication with the drive motor, a feed solenoid in communication with the feeder, and an ammunition counter sensor in communication with the counter;
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- a controller in communication with the drive motor sensor, the feed solenoid, and the counter sensor, the controller having programmable input values for controlling the ammunition firing operation of the gun in safe, semi-automatic, burst and full-automatic modes of operation by signals to the drive motor sensor, the feed solenoid and the counter sensor.
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