Automatic pistol slide with laser

• US 10,436,538 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation Incorporated
• Inventors: Moore, Larry E., Moore, Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gomberg, Benjamin S
• Application Number:
  US15/600,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20180335269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 42116, 42114, 42115, 42134, 42146, 434 16, 434 17, 434 19, 434 21
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 19/35 Double-action mechanisms, i.e. the cocking being effected during the first part of the trigger pull movement
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 3/12 Bolt action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being parallel to the barrel axis
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 3/54 Bolt locks of the unlocked type, i.e. being inertia operated
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 33/02 Light- or radiation-emitting guns ; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 3/00 Pistols, e.g. revolvers specially adapted for underwater use F41C9/06; for slaughtering or stunning animals A22B; for shooting bolts into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like B25C
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/35 for illuminating the target , e.g. flash lights

Abstract

A slide for an automatic pistol includes a cavity, a housing in the cavity, a laser module at least partially received in the housing, a power source, circuitry, and a striker. The slide has a first mode in which it emits laser light and a second mode in which it does not emit laser light. The striker has a first position in which it does not cause the laser module to emit laser light. When the pistol'"'"'s trigger is pulled, the pistol'"'"'s firing pin contacts the striker and moves the striker backwards from the first position to a biased position. When the firing pin moves out of contact with the striker, the striker moves forward to a second position and causes the circuitry to transmit power from the power source to the laser module, which causes the laser module to emit laser light.

Claims

1. A slide configured to fit on an automatic pistol, the slide comprising:

(a) a cavity, (b) a housing in the cavity, (c) a laser module positioned at least partially in the housing, the laser module having a first end that emits laser light and a second end, (d) a power source, (e) circuitry, (f) a striker, wherein the striker has a first position and a second position, in the first position the striker does not contact the power source and thereby does not provide power to the laser module, while in the second position the striker contacts the power source to provide power from the power source to the laser module; and

a trigger reset assembly in the cavity, the trigger reset assembly having a trigger reset bar and a spring having a first end attached to the housing and a second end attached to the trigger reset bar, the trigger reset assembly configured to bias a trigger of the automatic pistol to a forward position after the trigger has been pulled, without the slide housing moving.

2. The slide of claim 1, wherein the trigger reset bar is connected to the housing.

3. The slide of claim 1, wherein the striker is configured to move to the second position when contacted and moved backwards from the first position by a firing pin of the automatic pistol and then released by the firing pin.

4. The slide of claim 3, wherein the striker includes a spring, wherein the spring is not compressed when the striker is in the first position, and the spring moves the striker to the second position when the striker is released by the firing pin.

5. The slide of claim 3, wherein the striker includes a striker sear catch and the firing pin contacts the strike sear catch.

6. The slide of claim 3, wherein the striker returns to the first position after moving to the second position.

7. The slide of claim 1, wherein the first end of the laser module is received in a module cushion ball, wherein the module cushion ball and the first end of the laser module are moveable up and down and sideways.

8. The slide of claim 7, wherein set screws are positioned against the module cushion ball, and are configured to be moved in order to cause the module cushion ball and the first end of the laser module to move up and down, and sideways.

9. The slide of claim 8, further comprising a top wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, an opening in the top wall and an opening in the second side wall, wherein the openings are configured to receive the set screws.

10. The slide of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is on a printed circuit board (PCB).

11. The slide of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a laser module top cover.

12. The slide of claim 1, wherein the power source is one or more batteries.

13. The slide of claim 12, wherein the power source is configured to be removed and replaced with another power source.

14. The slide of claim 1, further comprising a top wall and a cap in the top wall, wherein the cap is removable to expose the power source.

15. The slide of claim 1, further comprising a removable nose piece.

16. The slide of claim 15, further comprising a body to which the removable nose piece is attached.

17. The slide of claim 1, wherein the striker has a body that is aligned with a longitudinal axis of a barrel of the automatic pistol.

18. A kit including the slide of claim 1 and one or more interchangeable nose pieces configured to fit an automatic pistol.