EP3494354A1 - Firearm comprising an electronic system - Google Patents
Firearm comprising an electronic systemInfo
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- EP3494354A1 EP3494354A1 EP17764442.4A EP17764442A EP3494354A1 EP 3494354 A1 EP3494354 A1 EP 3494354A1 EP 17764442 A EP17764442 A EP 17764442A EP 3494354 A1 EP3494354 A1 EP 3494354A1
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- firearm
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a firearm comprising an electronic system suitable to detect the shot-fired event.
- said firearm is a gun.
- said firearm is an automatic firearm or semi ⁇ automatic firearm.
- inertial devices for example provided with accelerometers , suitable to detect the accelerations suffered by the firearm; preferably, these inertial devices, are suitable to detect the acceleration action on the firearm due to the recoil, thereby identifying the shot event .
- inertial systems have the drawback of not being particularly precise.
- inertial systems are activated even when the firearm is subject to different accelerations from those resulting from a shot, like accelerations due to a fall of the firearm to the ground or a shaking thereof.
- inertial systems may be subject to a plurality of further drawbacks that affect the detection modes thereof, up to the non- recognition of the shot fired: for example, inertial systems are such as to detect different levels of acceleration as the firearm features vary, for example due to the addition or removal of a mass thereto; likewise, inertial systems are influenced by the manner in which the firearm is gripped or shouldered; moreover, inertial systems have the possibility that the detection systems are fixed in a more or less loose manner, thus having mechanical impedance variations between the firearm and the sensor.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a firearm comprising an electronic system suitable to detect in a deterministic manner the shot-fired event; specifically, the object of the present invention is to have a firearm suitable to detect the shot-fired event in a precise and reliable manner; i.e., the firearm object of the present invention is intended to detect the shot- fired event obviating the possibility that the detection is influenced by any external agents.
- FIG. 1 shows a block diagram exemplifying the operation of an electronic system included in the firearm object of the present invention according to a preferred embodiment ;
- FIG. 1 shows three schematised side views a first embodiment of the firearm according to the present invention comprising at least one movable part comprising a shutter housing a mobile sensor device; the at least one movable part is in a starting position, in a return position and back in a starting position, respectively, wherein in this embodiment, the starting position corresponds to the firing position;
- FIG. 3a, 3b and 3c show three schematised side views a second embodiment of the firearm according to the present invention comprising at least one movable part comprising a hammer housing a mobile sensor device; the at least one movable part is in a starting position, in a firing position and in a return position, respectively, wherein in this embodiment, the starting position corresponds to the firing position;
- FIG. 4a, 4b and 4c show three schematised side views a third embodiment of the firearm according to the present invention comprising at least one movable part comprising a hammer return lever housing a mobile sensor device; the at least one movable part is in a starting position, in a firing position and in a return position, respectively, wherein in this embodiment, the starting position corresponds to the firing position;
- FIG. 5a, 5b and 5c show three schematised side views a fourth embodiment of the firearm according to the present invention comprising at least one movable part comprising a connection lever between trigger and hammer housing a mobile sensor device; the at least one movable part is in a starting position, in a firing position and in a return position, respectively, wherein in this embodiment, the return position differs from both the starting position and the firing position;
- FIG. 5a', 5b' and 5c' show three schematised enlarged side views of figures 5a, 5b and 5c, respectively .
- reference numeral 1 indicates a firearm as a whole.
- firearm 1 is a gun.
- said firearm 1 is an automatic firearm or a semi-automatic firearm.
- Firearm 1 comprises a fixed part 2, for example grippable by a user.
- fixed part 2 indicates all those parts of firearm 1, such as the body, the stock, the grip, the forend, which do not perform relative movements during the firing operations.
- firearm 1 comprises movable parts 3 which, however, perform predefined guided movements during a firing cycle.
- movable parts 3 identifies all those components that are involved in the firing cycle, i.e. all those components that perform translational , rotation, rotational-translation, tilting movements and the like such as to entail the firing or, movements induced by the shot event .
- the movable parts 3 from a starting position move up to be disposed in a firing position, in which the ammunition is triggered in an explosion chamber; subsequently, on firing, the movable parts move up to be disposed in a return position (typically, this movement is a reaction to the firing action and, therefore, takes place at high speed) : for example, during such movements, the cartridge case of the ammunition fired is extracted and expelled and a new ammunition is inserted in the explosion chamber.
- some movable parts conclude the firing cycle in such a manner that said return position corresponds with the starting position .
- the firing position and the starting position coincide, while the return position is an intermediate position between them.
- some movable parts conclude the firing cycle in a different position than the starting position, in other words the return position does not correspond with the starting position.
- the movable parts 3 comprise a shutter 31.
- the movable parts 3 comprise a hammer 32.
- the movable parts 3 comprise a connection lever 33 of hammer 32 to trigger 30, the latter in turn comprised between the movable parts 3.
- the movable parts 3 comprise a return lever 34 of hammer 32, in turn comprised between the movable parts 3.
- the entire firing cycle has a cycle time T.
- the movable parts 3 preferably start from a starting position to go into a firing position in which the ammunition is triggered and are moved out of the explosion of reaction in the combustion chamber, in the return position.
- the movable parts 3 at the beginning of cycle are already in a firing position, they are moved out of the explosion reaction in the explosion chamber, in the return position, and again subsequently they perform an advancement to return to the starting position of the cycle.
- a retraction time T2 is identified, which is the timing in which the movable part 3 is induced by the firing action to be disposed in a return position starting from the firing position .
- an advancement time Tl is also identified, i.e. the timing in which the movable part 3 from the starting position is disposed in the firing position, or the timing in which the movable part 3 from the return position is disposed in the firing position (where such a distinction is due to the type of firearm and movable part under examination) .
- the cycle time T is identifiable as the sum of the retraction time T2 and the advancement time Tl.
- Firearm 1 object of the present invention comprises an electronic system 4 suitable to detect the shot-fired event.
- the electronic system 4 is suitable to discriminate the shot-fired event from other events that have occurred to firearm 1, such as a bump.
- the electronic system 4 is suitable to detect the shot- fired event distinguishing it from a "fake” shot.
- the electronic system 4 is suitable to detect the shot-fired event distinguishing it from a manual movement of the movable parts (for example due to the fact that the firearm has "cycled", i.e. has been manually moved along a firing cycle, in other words due to the fact that the firearm has performed a "racking") .
- the electronic system 4 is immune from the possibility that it may be conditioned in its detection by any actions external to the firearm, such as a shaking or a fall thereof.
- the electronic system 4 comprises a management unit 41 for managing and processing the detected data.
- the electronic system 4 comprises a battery 45 for powering the various components included therein .
- the electronic system 4 comprises data transmission and/or reception means 47 operatively connected with the management unit 41 and suitable to send the shot-fired information.
- the management unit 41 is also accessible from the outside, for example suitable to receive predetermined information or commands.
- the electronic system 4 comprises a memory 48 operatively connected to the management unit 41 suitable to be used by the management unit 41 to store information or access information stored therein.
- the electronic system 4 comprises a fixed sensor device 42 integral with the fixed part 2 of the firearm and a mobile sensor device 43 housed on board said mobile parts 3.
- the fixed sensor device 42 is housed on the fixed part 2 of the firearm.
- the fixed sensor device 42 and the mobile sensor device 43 are suitable to mutually influence each other according to their mutual position. In other words, between the fixed sensor device 42 and the mobile sensor device 43 there is no physical contact, however the two devices are designed to mutually influence each other as a function of their mutual position.
- the fixed sensor device 42 and the mobile sensor device 43 are mutually magnetically sensitive with each other.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is characterized by a magnetic field and the fixed sensor device 42 is suitable to be influenced by such a magnetic field.
- the fixed sensor device 42 is characterized by a magnetic field and the mobile sensor device 43 is suitable to be influenced by this magnetic field.
- the fixed sensor device 42 and the mobile sensor device 43 are positioned in respective positions such that they are facing each other.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on at least one movable part 3 suitable to perform a plurality of predefined guided movements, while the fixed sensor device 42 is located in the vicinity of the mobile sensor device 43 housed on the fixed parts 2 that house said movable parts 43, for example housed in a wall 200 comprised between the fixed parts 2.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is an element of a ferromagnetic material; preferably, the mobile sensor device 43 is a permanent magnet.
- the fixed sensor device 42 comprises a magnetically sensitive element .
- the fixed sensor device 42 comprises two magnetically sensitive elements, mutually spaced apart.
- the two magnetically sensitive elements are spaced from each other, thereby defining a distance D.
- the two magnetically sensitive elements are arranged axially spaced along an axis parallel to the movement direction of the movable part 3 on which the mobile sensor device 43 is housed.
- the magnetically sensitive elements are arranged spaced parallel to the firing axis X-X.
- the magnetically sensitive element is magnetically sensitive by Hall effect.
- the magnetically sensitive element comprises an electrical circuit suitable to detect the change of magnetic field induced by the movement of the mobile sensor device.
- the management unit 41 is operatively connected to the fixed sensor device 42 and is suitable to detect a movement time Tm as a function of the position of the mobile sensor device 43. In other words, the management unit 41 is suitable to receive and evaluate any information relating to the magnetic field variation detected by the fixed sensor device 42 as a function of the position of the mobile sensor device 43.
- the movement time Tm refers to the position of the mobile sensor device 43 during the retraction time T2.
- the movement time Tm is a fraction of the retraction time T2.
- the movement time Tm is linked to a portion of the movement, i.e. a fraction of the change in position, of the movable part 3 on which the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on board .
- such a movement time Tm corresponds with the entire retraction time T2.
- the movement time Tm is linked to the whole movement, i.e. the entire variation of position of the movable part 3 on which the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on board. In such an embodiment, therefore, the complete return movement of the movable part of interest is evaluated.
- the management unit 41 is suitable to determine the time that elapses between one magnetic field variation and the other. That is to say, from the magnetic field variation, the management unit 41 is suitable to evaluate the time of a predefined movement of a movable part 3. Preferably, the management unit 41 is suitable to detect the speed with which the magnetic field varies as a function of the position of the mobile sensor device 43 and how this influences the fixed sensor device 42.
- the management unit 41 is suitable to compare the value of the movement time Tm detected with a predetermined threshold value Ts.
- a predetermined threshold value Ts is a function of the features of firearm 1; more in particular, such a predetermined threshold value Ts is a function of the features of the at least one movable part 43 which houses the mobile sensor device 43 (and therefore the movement that this carries out) .
- the predetermined threshold value Ts is stored to memory 48.
- the management unit 41 detects the shot-fired event when the value of the movement time Tm detected is lower than the threshold value Ts .
- the threshold value Ts information about the cycle time T and/or on the advancement time Tl and/or the retraction time T2 are storable, and/or information about the shot- fired event are storable.
- the management unit 41 detects the movement time Tm value, compares it with the threshold value Ts and when the movement time Tm is greater than the threshold value Ts, the racking is detected instead of the shot. Also such information is then stored to memory 48, or is sent by the data transmission and/or reception means 47.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on shutter 31.
- the threshold value Ts of this embodiment is substantially about 5 milliseconds.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on hammer 32, or on the hammer return lever 34.
- the threshold value Ts of this embodiment is substantially about 10 milliseconds.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is housed on the connection lever 33 of hammer 32 to trigger 30.
- the threshold value Ts of this embodiment is substantially about 0.4 milliseconds .
- the management unit 41 is therefore suitable to evaluate the speed of the movements of the sensorized movable part 3, in particular a fraction of its movements performed between the firing position and the return position, so as to discriminate the movement induced by the firing, and thus characterized by high speed and therefore short timing, with respect to other movements, such as those that induce the manual movement, or manually performed by the user, which is slower.
- the movement time Tm is evaluated in relation to the speed with which the mobile sensor device 43 influences the respective fixed sensor devices 42.
- the mobile sensor device 43 is mounted on shutter 31, while on the first fixed sensor device 421 and the second fixed sensor device 422 are positioned on the firearm barrel, at a horizontal distance Do.
- the movement time in this embodiment Tm is, therefore, the time necessary for the mobile sensor device 43 for influencing the first fixed sensor device 421 and then the second fixed sensor device 422 passing over them.
- said horizontal distance Do is about 10 millimeters.
- the at least one movable part on which the mobile sensor device 43 is housed is the connection lever between trigger 30 and hammer 32, which therefore performs a complex movement, and consists of several distinct movements: for example, in a first moment it is controlled in pressure by the trigger to execute the firing (fig. 5b and 5b') ; while once the firing has been executed, the connection lever is induced in a vertical movement by the firing action (fig. 5c and 5c') .
- this movement is also due to the fact that the movement in the retraction of the breechblock in the firing event is so fast that the shooter keeps the trigger pressed, thereby leading to the necessary vertical movement of the connection lever.
- the fixed sensor device 42 is suitable to be influenced by the height variation of said connection lever. That is, the movement time is the time within which the lever moves in height from the first position to the second position.
- the fixed sensor device 42 comprises a plurality of magnetically sensitive elements comprising a first fixed sensor device 421 and a second fixed sensor device 422, preferably spaced from each other in vertical by a vertical distance Dv along a vertical axis V-V, transverse but not necessarily perpendicular to the firing axis X-X.
- the movement time Tm in this embodiment is, therefore, the time necessary for the mobile sensor device 43 for influencing the first fixed sensor device 421 and then the second fixed sensor device 422 passing alongside them.
- Said vertical distance Dv is about 3 mm.
- the firearm object of the present invention solves the typical problems of the prior art by comprising an electronic system suitable to detect exclusively the firing event.
- the firearm discriminates the reasons for which a movable part thereof has made a certain movement, identifying when this is moved due to the firing event of for other reasons.
- the electronic system is error-proof, irrefutably identifying the shot-fired event, unlike some prior art solutions.
- a further advantageous aspect lies in that the electronic system is implementable on the firearm in different embodiments and modes without affecting the operation thereof.
- the electronic system is also implementable to discriminate other events undergone by the firearm, but always a function of the relative displacement of the movable parts.
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