IP Library Granted Patent US 9,841,252
Granted Patent B2
US 9,841,252 · App. 15/166,937 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

System and method for aiding repeated firing of semi-automatic weapon

Inventor: Luiz Fernando Santos Reis (Miami Beach, FL)
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Patent No.
US 9,841,252
App. No.
15/166,937
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for aiding repeated firing of a semiautomatic firearm having a trigger and a bolt includes means for detecting that the bolt has translated rearwardly at least a first predetermined distance due to firing the firearm, means for calculating a particular time when the bolt will be in a chambered position, responsive to detecting that the bolt has translated rearwardly at least the first predetermined distance and, means for applying a forward biasing force to translate the trigger from a fired to an un-fired position, at the particular time the bolt is in the chambered position, and subsequently removing said forward biasing force.

Claims (15)

1. A method for aiding repeated firing of a semiautomatic firearm having a trigger and a bolt, comprising the steps of:

detecting when the bolt has translated rearwardly at least a first predetermined distance due to firing the firearm;

detecting when the bolt has translated forwardly a second predetermined distance after the bolt has translated rearwardly;

commencing a timer for a predetermined time period corresponding to an amount of time necessary for the bolt to reach a chambered position, responsive to detecting when the bolt has translated forwardly the second predetermined distance; and

applying a forward biasing force to translate the trigger from a fired to an un-fired position, responsive to the timer reaching an end of the predetermined time period, and subsequently removing said forward biasing force from the trigger.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of detecting when the bolt has translated rearwardly comprises an electronic sensor transmitting a signal when the bolt contacts said electronic sensor.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of detecting when the bolt has translated forwardly the second predetermined distance after the bolt has translated rearwardly comprises a processor that ceases receiving said signal when the bolt no longer contacts said electronic sensor.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein commencing a timer for a predetermined time period further comprises the processor activating a timing circuit, wherein the timing circuit detects the passage of the predetermined time period.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the applying a forward biasing force further comprises the processor activating an electromechanical solenoid when the timing circuit detects the passage of the predetermined time period, wherein the electromechanical solenoid is conductively coupled with a battery and mechanically coupled to the trigger via a plunger, wherein the electromechanical solenoid is movable between a fired and un-fired position.

6. A method for aiding repeated firing of a semiautomatic firearm having a trigger and a bolt, comprising:

detecting when the bolt has translated rearwardly at least a first predetermined distance due to firing the firearm, wherein detecting when the bolt has translated rearwardly comprises an electronic sensor transmitting a signal when the bolt contacts said electronic sensor;

applying a forward biasing force to translate the trigger from a fired to an un-fired position, responsive to detecting when the bolt has translated rearwardly at least the first predetermined distance;

detecting when the bolt has translated forwardly a second predetermined distance into a chambered position, wherein detecting when the bolt has translated forwardly comprises a processor commencing a timer for a predetermined time period; and

removing said forward biasing force, responsive to detecting that the bolt has translated forwardly into the chambered position,

wherein removing said forward biasing force comprises the processor de-activating an electromechanical solenoid when the timing circuit detects the passage of the predetermined time period, wherein the electromechanical solenoid is conductively coupled with a battery and mechanically coupled to the trigger via a plunger, wherein the electromechanical solenoid is movable between a fired and un-fired position.

Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15005760 · Jan 25, 2016
Provisional Application 62107151 · Jan 23, 2015
Related Publication 20160377364A1 · Dec 29, 2016