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US 12,320,510 · App. 17/967,769 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Electronic device for use with deterrent device

Inventors: Jeffrey W. Mock (Rochester, NY); John A. Kowalczyk, Jr. (Fairport, NY)
Assignee: Crosman Corporation
F21V23/003F21L4/00F21V15/01F21V21/34F41G1/35F21W2131/40F41G11/003
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Patent No.
US 12,320,510
App. No.
17/967,769
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic devices for use with deterrent devices are provided. In one aspect the electronic device has a housing, a finger engagement surface shaped to receive a portion of a finger and formed in part by a first contact member movably associated with the housing and in part by a second contact member movably associated with the housing and a control system that determines an output of the electronic device by sensing a movement of at least one of the first contact member and the second contact member. The first contact member, the second contact member and the finger engagement surface are configured so that the portion of the finger received by the finger engagement surface can be urged against a first part of the finger engagement surface to move the first contact member in a manner that can be sensed, can be urged against a second part of the finger engagement surface to move the second contact member in a manner that can be sensed, and can be urged against a third portion of the finger engagement surface to move both the first contact member and the second contact member in a manner that can be sensed.

Claims (17)

1. A deterrent device comprising:

a firearm frame;

a housing releasably coupled to the firearm frame;

a finger engagement surface shaped to receive a portion of a finger and formed in part by a first contact member movably associated with the housing and in part by a second contact member movably associated with the housing, wherein the first contact member and the second contact member are independently actuatable; and

an electronic device having a control system adapted to sense when the first contact member is moved and to sense when the second contact member is moved and that determines an output of the electronic device by sensing movement of at least one of the first contact member and the second contact member;

wherein:

the first contact member is configured so that the portion of the finger moves the first contact member in a manner that can be sensed,

the second contact member is configured so that a second part of the finger moves the second contact member in a manner that can be sensed, and

the finger engagement surface is configured so that a third portion of the finger moves both the first contact member in a manner that can be sensed and the second contact member in a manner that can be sensed.

2. The deterrent device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first contact member or the second contact member is shaped in part to guide the portion of the finger into contact with the finger engagement surface.

3. The deterrent device of claim 1 , wherein the finger engagement surface is shaped to guide a finger positioned against the finger engagement surface to a position that is within a predetermined range of positions relative to the first contact member and the second contact member.

4. The deterrent device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first contact member is shaped to provide a first tactile experience when a portion of a finger is in contact with a portion of the first contact member that is not a part of the finger engagement surface; and

the second contact member is shaped to provide a second tactile experience when a portion of a finger is in contact with a portion of the second contact member that is not a part of the finger engagement surface, the first tactile experience being different from the second tactile experience.

5. The deterrent device of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the finger engagement surface on the second contact member is shaped so that movement of the received portion of the finger toward the second contact member can move the second contact member without moving the first contact member in the manner that can be sensed.

6. The deterrent device of claim 1 , further comprising an additional first contact member and an additional second contact member movably associated with the housing, and wherein the control system is further adapted to cause the output of the electronic device based at least in part on at least one of the first contact member or the additional first contact member being moved.

7. The deterrent device of claim 1 , wherein the deterrent device comprises at least one of a simulated deterrent device, a weapon shaped training device, a device that distributes paint balls, a device that distributes pepper balls, a device that distributes air soft munitions, a pneumatic projectile launching device, a pressurized gas projectile launching device, an optical beam emitting device, an electromagnetic emitting device, a fluidic emitting device, or a sonic emitting device.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT TO REMOVE SECURITY INTEREST AGAINST 17967769, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RECORDED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 64467 FRAME 212. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: KODAK ALARIS INC.
To: THE BOARD OF THE PENSION PROTECTION FUND
Reel/Frame 073945/0721 →
SHORT-FORM PATENTS SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 5, 2025
From: KODAK ALARIS LLC
To: ENCINA PRIVATE CREDIT SPV 2, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 072818/0674 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2025
From: MOCK, JEFFREY W.; KOWALCZYK, JOHN A., JR.
To: CROSMAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070490/0565 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2024
From: DAISY MANUFACTURING COMPANY; CROSMAN CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067289/0588 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2024
From: CROSMAN CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067275/0210 →
IP SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT (FISCAL YEAR 2023) Recorded Aug 2, 2023
From: KODAK ALARIS INC.
To: THE BOARD OF THE PENSION PROTECTION FUND
Reel/Frame 064467/0212 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16102119 · Aug 13, 2018
Continuation 15279841 · Sep 29, 2016
Related Publication 20230184512A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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