Firearm Sensing Device and Method
First Claim
1. A system for resolving at least one use parameter relating to a firing of a machinegun or of a semi-automatic firearm having a receiver, an action within the receiver and that includes a piston, and a buffer tube that receives at least a portion of the piston during a cycling of the action in response to a recoil, comprising:
- a display configured to display at least an indication of at least one use parameter;
a sensor disposed in the buffer tube, the sensor sensing a cycling of an action via movement of the piston in the buffer tube;
a processor that receives sensed data from the sensor and, based on the received sensed data, calculates the at least one use parameter, the processor causing the display to display the at least an indication; and
a power source disposed in the stock or the display and energizing the sensor, the processor, and the display.
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Abstract
A system for resolving at least one use parameter relating to a firing of a machinegun or of a semi-automatic firearm having a receiver, an action within the receiver and that includes a piston, and a buffer tube that receives at least a portion of the piston during a cycling of the action in response to a recoil. The system includes: a display configured to display at least an indication of at least one use parameter; a sensor disposed in the buffer tube, the sensor sensing a cycling of an action via movement of the piston in the buffer tube; a processor that receives sensed data from the sensor and, based on the received sensed data, calculates the at least one use parameter, the processor causing the display to display the at least an indication; and a power source disposed in the stock or the display and energizing the sensor, the processor, and the display.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for resolving at least one use parameter relating to a firing of a machinegun or of a semi-automatic firearm having a receiver, an action within the receiver and that includes a piston, and a buffer tube that receives at least a portion of the piston during a cycling of the action in response to a recoil, comprising:
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a display configured to display at least an indication of at least one use parameter; a sensor disposed in the buffer tube, the sensor sensing a cycling of an action via movement of the piston in the buffer tube; a processor that receives sensed data from the sensor and, based on the received sensed data, calculates the at least one use parameter, the processor causing the display to display the at least an indication; and a power source disposed in the stock or the display and energizing the sensor, the processor, and the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A stock for a firearm of an automatic or semi-automatic type, comprising:
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a buffer tube that is removably attached to a receiver of the firearm and dimensioned to receive a piston that travels in the buffer tube during a recoil caused by a discharge of the firearm; a sensor that is removably attached to the stock and that, when attached to the stock, extends into the baffle tube axially along a central axis thereof, the sensor sensing at least one parameter related to movement of the piston when the piston recoils into the buffer tube due to a discharge of the firearm; a processor that receives sensing data from the sensor and, based on the received sensing data, calculates the at least one use parameter related to the at least one parameter, the processor causing a display to display at least an indication of the calculated at least one use parameter; and a power source that is disposed in the stock and energizes the sensor and the processor. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of using a sensor located in a buffer tube of a machinegun or of a semi-automatic firearm to measure various parameters relating to the discharge of the firearm, comprising:
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sensing movement of a piston of the firearm in response to a cycling of the action of the firearm, via a sensor disposed along a central, longitudinal axis of the buffer tube and of travel of the piston during recoil; transferring the sensed information to a processing module; transforming, via the processing module, the transferred information into use information; and displaying the use information to the user of the firearm. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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