Networked battle system or firearm

• US 10,477,619 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Colt Canada Corporation (Colt Defense Holding LLC)
• Original Assignee: Colt Canada Corporation (Colt Defense Holding LLC)
• Inventors: Downing, Warren, Compton, David Walter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Toan C
• Application Number:
  US14/808,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20160025462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,572 Days
• Field of Search: 235404
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/003 Mountings with a dove tail element, e.g. "Picatinny rail systems"
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A firearm includes one or more rails to which accessories may be mounted. The rails provide a communication path over which data may be transferred between the accessories and a processor located in the rails or in the firearm. The processor may cause the data to be sent to another location and may receive other data from other locations to provide a network of intercommunicating firearms that may deployed in a battlefield environment.

Claims

1. A networked battle system comprising:

a communication network;

a first rifle that includes at least one accessory coupled thereto that determines a bearing of the first rifle, wherein the first rifle includes at least one microprocessor located in any one of an upper receiver, a lower receiver or buttstock of the first rifle;

a communication element allowing the at least one accessory to provide bearing information to the communication network;

a battle management system in communication with the first rifle through the communication network that receives the bearing information from the accessory and updates a battle plan based on the bearing information to form an updated battle plan; and

a display screen coupled to the first rifle that displays the updated battle plan.

2. The networked battle system of claim 1, further comprising:

a battlefield device including a display device attached thereto;

wherein the battle management system provides the updated battle plan to the display device through the communication network.

3. The networked battle system of claim 1, wherein the updated battle plan is a map that includes an indication of a location of a target.

4. The networked battle system of claim 1, wherein the first rifle further includes a laser distance measurement device and the updated battle plan is formed in part based on distance information received by the battle management system from the laser distance measurement device through the communications network.

5. The networked battle system of claim 1, wherein the communication network is a wireless local area network (WLAN).

6. The networked battle system of claim 5, wherein the WLAN connects directly to the at least one accessory and the communication element is part of the at least one accessory.

7. The networked battle system of claim 2, wherein the battlefield device includes a microprocessor that receives the updated battle plan and provides it to the display device.