EP3605005A1 - System comprising a striking device for a firearm and a control unit - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to increase the firing accuracy of a firearm, in that the shot does not have to be triggered by the same hand that holds the firearm, but by simple electronic means that can be held in the other hand, a system according to the invention is proposed, the system comprising one Striking device (1) for a firearm, the striking device (1) having a firing pin (3) and an electromagnetic release unit (4), the electromagnetic release unit (4) being designed to trigger or cause a release movement of the firing pin (3) ; - And an actuatable control unit (2), the actuation of the control unit (2) triggers or causes the trigger movement of the firing pin (3), wherein the control unit (2) has a transmitter (5) for transmitting an actuation signal (7) via a wireless Connection and the impact device (1) comprises a receiving device (6) for receiving the actuation signal (7), wherein the actuating signal (7) can be sent to the receiving device (6) by means of the transmitting device (5) and the triggering movement of the firing pin (3) is triggered or effected when the actuating signal (7) is received.

Description

• eine Schlageinrichtung für eine Schusswaffe, wobei die Schlageinrichtung einen Schlagbolzen und eine mit dem Schlagbolzen in Wirkverbindung stehende Auslöseeinheit aufweist, wobei die Auslöseeinheit ausgelegt ist, um eine Auslösebewegung des Schlagbolzens von einer Ruheposition in eine Feuerposition auszulösen oder zu bewirken.
• und eine betätigbare Bedieneinheit, wobei die Bedieneinheit derart mit der Auslöseeinheit der Schlageinrichtung zusammenwirkt, dass durch die Betätigung der Bedieneinheit die Auslösebewegung des Schlagbolzens von der Auslöseeinheit ausgelöst oder bewirkt wird.

The invention relates to a system comprising

• a striking device for a firearm, the striking device having a firing pin and a trigger unit which is operatively connected to the firing pin, the trigger unit being designed to trigger or effect a triggering movement of the firing pin from a rest position into a firing position.
• and an actuatable operating unit, the operating unit cooperating with the trigger unit of the striking device in such a way that the triggering movement of the firing pin is triggered or effected by the trigger unit by actuating the operating unit.

STATE OF THE ART

In the field of firearm technology, various variations in the construction of firearms are known. As a rule, the firearms comprise at least one barrel, an ammunition chamber in which the cartridge intended for the shot can be stored, a grip element, an operating unit designed as a trigger and a striking device with a firing pin and a trigger unit. The trigger unit of the striking device is usually mechanically designed and connected to a trigger of the firearm, so that when the trigger is actuated, the firing pin is moved in the direction of the ammunition chamber by means of the trigger unit in order to ignite the ignition charge of a cartridge located in the ammunition chamber. The firing pin is in the striking device by means of the trigger unit from a rest position in which there is generally no contact with a cartridge between the firing pin and the cartridge located in the ammunition chamber and the firearm is thus in a safe state in which there is no shot is released, accelerated and moved into a firing position in which the firing pin usually protrudes in sections into the ammunition chamber, so that the firing pin strikes the cartridge in the ammunition chamber, thus igniting the firing charge and thus triggering a shot. This movement of the firing pin from the rest position or safety position into the fire position is subsequently referred to as the triggering movement.

In conventional firearms with a mechanical trigger unit and manually operable trigger, which is permanently installed with the firearm, the trigger acts in conjunction with the mechanism of the trigger unit to apply a torque to the firearm, which must be compensated for by appropriate body movements in order to deposit it from the targeted point to prevent. If this compensation is not performed, shooting results will be much worse, which is a problem especially for inexperienced shooters.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a system comprising a striking device for a firearm and an operating unit for actuating the striking device, by means of which the influence of the actuation of the striking device and the manual actuation of the operating unit is minimized to the target accuracy.

PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

• eine Schlageinrichtung für eine Schusswaffe, wobei die Schlageinrichtung einen Schlagbolzen und eine mit dem Schlagbolzen in Wirkverbindung stehende elektro-magnetische Auslöseeinheit aufweist, wobei die elektro-magnetische Auslöseeinheit ausgelegt ist, um eine Auslösebewegung des Schlagbolzens von einer Ruheposition in eine Feuerposition auszulösen oder zu bewirken;
• und eine betätigbare Bedieneinheit, wobei die Bedieneinheit derart mit der elektro-magnetischen Auslöseeinheit der Schlageinrichtung zusammenwirkt, dass durch die Betätigung der Bedieneinheit die Auslösebewegung des Schlagbolzens von der elektro-magnetische Auslöseeinheit ausgelöst oder bewirkt wird,

wobei die Bedieneinheit eine Sendeeinrichtung zum Senden eines Betätigungssignals über eine drahtlose Verbindung umfasst und die Schlageinrichtung eine Empfangseinrichtung zum Empfang des Betätigungssignals über die drahtlose Verbindung umfasst, wobei die Bedieneinheit ausgebildet ist, um bei ihrer Betätigung das Betätigungssignal über die Sendeeinrichtung zu senden und die Schlageinrichtung derart ausgebildet ist, dass die Auslösebewegung des Schlagbolzens durch die elektro-magnetische Auslöseeinheit ausgelöst oder bewirkt wird, wenn das Betätigungssignal durch die Empfangseinrichtung empfangen wird. Vorzugsweise besteht das System aus Schlageinrichtung und Bedieneinheit.This object is achieved in a system according to the invention, the system comprising:

• a striking device for a firearm, the striking device having a firing pin and an electro-magnetic release unit which is operatively connected to the firing pin, the electro-magnetic release unit being designed to trigger the firing pin to move from a rest position into a firing position trigger or effect;
• and an actuatable operating unit, the operating unit cooperating with the electromagnetic release unit of the striking device in such a way that the actuation of the operating unit triggers or causes the firing pin to be triggered by the electromagnetic release unit,

wherein the operating unit comprises a transmitting device for transmitting an actuation signal via a wireless connection and the striking device comprises a receiving device for receiving the actuating signal via the wireless connection, the operating unit being designed to transmit the actuating signal via the transmitting device and the striking device in this way when actuated is designed such that the triggering movement of the firing pin is triggered or effected by the electromagnetic release unit when the actuation signal is received by the receiving device. The system preferably consists of a striking device and an operating unit.

The solution according to the invention thus comprises two synergistically interacting sub-aspects: on the one hand, the release unit is not designed purely mechanically, ie as a lever or hammer mechanism, but rather as an electromagnetic release unit. Tipping moments due to the actuation of the trigger unit can thus be avoided, since only an electromagnetic force is responsible for causing or triggering the, generally linear, trigger movement of the firing pin. Both active electro-magnetic tripping units are conceivable, which directly effect the movement of the firing pin through the application of an electro-magnetic force, and passive tripping units are also conceivable, which block the triggering movement, for example, by exerting the electromagnetic force, so that by changing the electro-magnetic Force the trigger movement can be triggered by a biasing force acting on the firing pin. The occurrence of any tilting or torque caused by a mechanism can thus be effectively prevented.

The second aspect relates to the actuation of the firearm itself. Conventional firearms according to the prior art have an operating unit designed as a trigger, the trigger being mechanically coupled to the trigger unit and integrated into the firearm. Thus, in order to actuate the firearm, the hand on the firearm must inevitably perform a movement, so that an additional torque or tilting moment acts on the firearm due to the trigger movement. According to the second aspect of the invention, the actuation signal between the control unit and the impact device is transmitted wirelessly, that is to say, for example, by radio signal, WLAN, Bluetooth or infrared signal. This means that no structural and / or mechanical connection between the operating unit and the firearm or striking device is necessary in order to trigger or effect the triggering movement of the firing pin. For example, the control unit can be held in one hand while the other hand holds the firearm with the striking device and fixes the target. It is also conceivable that the first hand with the control unit is placed on the barrel of the firearm. Since the physical interaction of the shooter is limited to the actuation of the control unit, neither a tilt nor a torque acts on the firearm itself.

If, for the sake of simplicity, we refer to the firing or firing of a shot, it goes without saying that this is to be understood in relation to the striking device as firing or effecting the firing movement and the reference to the firing of a firearm is simply the better Understanding serves.

Provision can advantageously be made for the range of the transmitting or receiving device to be within a short or medium range. It can be provided that the range is between 5 cm and 250 cm, in particular between 10 cm and 200 cm, preferably between 15 cm and 150 cm, preferably between 20 cm and 100 cm. The radius of influence for interference signals can thus be reduced and ensure that the striking device is only triggered from the vicinity of the striking device in order to achieve greater safety during use.

In order to increase the firing accuracy of a firearm, in that the shot does not have to be triggered by the same hand that holds the firearm, but by simple electronic means that can be held in the other hand, a system is proposed, the system comprising a striking device for a firearm, the striking device comprising a firing pin and an electromagnetic release unit, the electromagnetic release unit being designed to trigger or cause a release movement of the firing pin; and an actuatable operating unit, wherein the actuation of the operating unit triggers or effects the triggering movement of the firing pin, wherein the operating unit comprises a transmitting device for transmitting an actuating signal via a wireless connection and the impact device comprises a receiving device for receiving the actuating signal, the actuating signal being transmitted by the transmitting device the receiving device can be sent and the triggering movement of the firing pin is triggered or effected when the actuation signal is received.

Due to the wireless transmission of the actuation signal between the operating unit and the striking device, it is advantageous if the operating unit and the striking device are designed as separate components. The control unit can thus be freely moved and handled in relation to the impact device. Therefore, an embodiment variant of the invention provides that the control unit and the striking device are designed as separate components.

In an embodiment variant of the invention it is provided that the striking device is a first

Includes power supply unit and / or that the

Control unit comprises a second power supply unit. The electrical supply units provide the electrical energy required for operation. The energy supply units can be, for example, energy storage devices, such as batteries, which enable mobile operation. However, it is also conceivable that the energy supply units, in particular for stationary use, for example in shooting ranges, are fed via the electrical network.

In order to increase operational safety and to prevent an unintentional triggering of the striking device by an unauthorized person (i.e. not the shooter himself), according to a further embodiment variant, the transmitting device of the operating unit is designed to transmit the actuation signal with an identification code that can be clearly assigned to the operating unit and that the receiving device of the striking device is designed to check whether an identification identifier of the actuation signal received matches the identification identifier of the operating unit assigned to the striking device, and to trigger or cause the triggering movement of the firing pin only when the actuating signal from the the control unit assigned to the impact device. In order to effect the assignment of the transmitting device and receiving device, it can be provided that the operating unit and the striking device must be paired with one another at predetermined time intervals, for example by exchanging a randomly generated code, so that each striking device is assigned only one operating unit or each operating unit only one striking device. By comparing the identification identifier, it can thus be ensured that the actuation signal has been sent by the correct operating unit and that the command to trigger or effect the triggering movement is actually to be carried out by the striking device. For example, the transmitting device can have means for generating the identification identifier and / or the receiving device can have means for comparing the Identification identifier with a stored identification identifier of the assigned control unit. The corresponding means can be designed as microprocessors or microchips, for example.

In order to increase the security during the transmission of the actuation signal between the transmitting device and the receiving device and to reduce the risk that an unauthorized person can read out and copy or manipulate the transmitted actuation signal, a further embodiment variant of the system according to the invention provides that the transmitting device of the Control unit is designed to encrypt the actuation signal and that the receiving device of the impact device is designed to decrypt the received actuation signal. For example, the transmitting device can have means for encrypting the actuating signal and / or the receiving device can have means for decrypting the actuating signal. The corresponding means can be designed as microprocessors or microchips, for example. It is also conceivable that the means for encryption also generate the identification identifier and / or that the means for decryption also carry out the comparison of the identification identifier.

The advantages of the invention described at the outset with regard to the increased firing accuracy can also be achieved if a conventional firearm can be equipped or retrofitted with the system according to the invention. A conventional firearm is characterized in that the striking device has a mechanical trigger unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm. It is therefore provided in an embodiment variant of the invention that the striking device of the system according to the invention has a mechanical release unit which can be connected to a trigger of the firearm.

Correspondingly, by combining the electromagnetic release unit according to the invention with a mechanical release unit, a system can be achieved that has two different shooting modes: firstly remote control by means of the control unit via the electromagnetic release unit with improved accuracy and once direct actuation via the mechanical release unit, which can be operated directly via the trigger of the firearm. It is therefore possible for the user to switch between the two shooting modes, for example using remote triggering on the shooting range and direct triggering in the event of a rapid reaction to a dangerous situation. It is also possible to fire a shot using the other shot mode, even if a malfunction occurs - for example if one of the energy supply units is not charged or the trigger has a malfunction. The different interactions between the mechanical release unit and the electromagnetic release unit described below, in particular whether a firing pin is actuated by both release units or whether a firing pin is provided for each release unit, are the result of the basic connection of the mechanical and electromagnetic release unit in one Impact device not on.

A further embodiment variant of the invention provides that the striking device comprises a mechanical trigger unit which can be connected to a trigger of the firearm, the mechanical trigger unit cooperating with the firing pin in order to trigger the triggering movement of the firing pin when the trigger is actuated. In addition to the aforementioned positive effects of the two possible firing modes, the version with a single firing pin, which interacts with both trigger units, leads to a solution that achieves an optimal position of the firing pin and reduces the number of moving parts. It can additionally be provided, for example, that a manually operated selection switch is provided, by means of which the shooter selects before actuating the trigger or the operating unit which of the two shooting modes should be active. The selection switch can be designed in such a way that it interacts with the other components of the impact device in order either to activate the mechanical release unit and to deactivate the electromagnetic release unit or vice versa.

A further embodiment variant of the invention provides that the striking device comprises a mechanical trigger unit which can be connected to a trigger of the firearm and a further firing pin, the mechanical trigger unit cooperating with the further firing pin in order to trigger a triggering movement of the further firing pin when the trigger is actuated. In addition to the aforementioned positive effects of the two possible shooting modes, the design with two separate firing pins, each of which interacts with one of the trigger units, means that both trigger units are in a ready-to-fire state without prior selection. Even if one of the two firing pins is immobile due to a malfunction, the other firing pin can trigger a shot.

In order to make the striking device as space-saving as possible and on the other hand to achieve the best possible positioning of the two firing pins in relation to the cartridge to be fired when the striking device is installed in a firearm in the operating state, it is provided in a further embodiment variant of the system according to the invention that the Firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged parallel to each other or that the firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged at least in sections coaxially to each other. If the two firing pins are coaxial in sections, it is preferred if one of the firing pins has a cavity along its longitudinal axis and the other firing pin is arranged at least in sections within the cavity.

According to a preferred embodiment variant of the invention, it is provided that the electromagnetic release unit comprises an electromagnet, the firing pin either being able to be held in the rest position against a biasing force acting on the firing pin, or the firing pin can be brought into the firing position by means of the electromagnet , The use of an electromagnet enables a particularly simple construction of the electromagnetic release unit.

On the one hand, the electromagnet can be designed in such a way that the triggering movement is actively effected by an applied electromagnetic force. For example, the electromagnet can therefore be designed as a lifting magnet, so that the firing pin, which has an armature, can be moved at least from the rest position into the firing position by the energization of the electromagnet, preferably also vice versa.

On the other hand, the electromagnet can also be designed in such a way that the firing pin is held in the rest position against a biasing force by the applied electromagnetic force, the electromagnet being designed, for example, as a holding magnet. The firing pin can be biased by means of a spring, so that the firing pin is biased by the spring force in the direction of the firing position. When the electromagnet has current flowing through it, the electromagnetic force acts as a holding force on an anchor of the firing pin. When the electromagnet is de-energized or the voltage is reduced, the preload force is greater than the holding force, so that the firing pin's triggering movement is triggered.

In order to avoid an unwanted triggering of the striking device and thus to increase the operational safety, it is provided in a further embodiment variant of the invention that the striking device comprises a safety device designed to block the triggering movement of the firing pin, preferably the firing pin and the further firing pin. The The safety device can be designed, for example, as a mechanical safety device, so that the striking device can be moved from a secured position in which the triggering movement is blocked to an unlocked position in which the triggering movement is free by actuating the safety mechanism. Electro-magnetic safety devices that function on the same principle are also conceivable. As a rule, the safety device can be actuated manually, although it is also conceivable that the actuation is carried out via a safety mechanism provided in the firearm and interacting with the striking device. If there are several trigger units or firing pins, it is advantageous if the triggering movement of all firing pins can be blocked equally by means of the safety device.

In a further embodiment variant, it is provided that the electromagnetic release unit comprises a safety switch, the receiving device being able to be switched from a state ready to receive to a state not ready to receive and vice versa by actuating the safety switch. By simply activating or deactivating the receiving device, unintentional firing of a shot can be prevented in a simple manner by an accidental actuation of the operating unit, since the receiving device is activated or deactivated by actuating the safety switch before and after firing a shot or a series of shots can. It can additionally be provided that the safety switch has a time recording unit in order to automatically deactivate the receiving device after an adjustable time after activation.

In order to improve the handling of the control unit, in particular if the control unit and the striking device represent separate components that are not structurally connected to one another, it is provided in a further embodiment variant of the invention that the control unit is arranged in a housing, the Housing has at least one actuating element by means of which the actuating signal can be triggered. The housing can for example be made of a plastic or metal. The fact that all electronic components of the control unit are preferably arranged within the housing means that the electronics can be protected against external environmental influences. The actuating element can be, for example, a push button, a switch or another element that can be brought into at least two positions, a fingerprint sensor or another electronic device also being conceivable, for example. The actuating element can be connected to an electronic component or switch which is arranged in the interior of the housing and which activates or responds to the transmitting device in order to transmit the actuating signal.

A further possibility of improving operational safety is achieved in a further embodiment variant of the invention in that the housing has an unlocking element, the operating unit being designed such that the actuating element can only be actuated and / or the transmitting device is only activated if the unlocking element in previously an unlocking position has been brought. It can advantageously be provided that both the unlocking element and the actuating element must be actuated simultaneously in order to trigger a shot or to generate the actuation signal. The unlocking element can, for example, mechanically block the movement of the actuating element, so that the actuating signal cannot be generated by means of the actuating element without first unlocking the unlocking element. Likewise, it is conceivable that in the standard setting the transmission device is in a state that is not ready for transmission and can only be put into a state ready for transmission by actuating the unlocking element. This can also prevent the actuation signal from being generated without the unlocking element having been actuated. It is particularly advantageous it if the actuating element and unlocking element are arranged on the housing in such a way that two components of one hand of the shooter - for example the thumb and one of the other fingers of the same hand or the ball of the thumb and hand - have to be moved independently of one another in order to be able to actuate both the unlocking element and the actuating element.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved according to the invention by a firearm with a system according to the invention, the striking device being installed in the firearm and the control unit being arranged in a housing separate from the firearm. By integrating the striking device into a firearm, a shot can actually be triggered by the control unit if there is a cartridge in the ammunition chamber of the firearm and the firearm is unlocked, for example by actuating the safety device and / or by actuating the safety switch. Because the control unit or at least the transmitter and other electronic components of the control unit are arranged in the housing and the housing is not structurally connected to the firearm or the striking device, the firearm can be held in one hand and the control unit in the other. As mentioned above, the housing can have an actuating element and / or an unlocking element. The improvement in the firing accuracy of the firearm described at the outset can thus be achieved by triggering a shot by means of the control unit.

The system according to the invention is particularly well suited for use in handguns, such as pistols, or in handguns, such as rifles, shotguns, rifles, sniper rifles or assault rifles, the length of the barrel of the firearm having no significant influence on the functioning of the invention. It is therefore provided according to an embodiment variant of the invention that the firearm is a handgun or a handgun.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The invention will now be explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment. The drawings are exemplary and are intended to illustrate the inventive concept, but in no way to narrow it down or even reproduce it conclusively.

Fig. 1

eine Ausführungsvariante eines erfindungsgemäßen Systems, wobei eine Schlageinrichtung und eine Bedieneinheit des Systems schematisch in Aufsicht dargestellt sind;

Fig. 2

die schematische Darstellung des Systems gemäß Fig. 1, wobei die Schlageinrichtung in Draufsicht dargestellt ist;

Fig. 3

eine Anwendungsposition des Systems, wobei die Schlageinrichtung in einer Schusswaffe angeordnet ist, welche in einer ersten Hand eines Schützen gehalten wird, und die Bedieneinheit in einer zweiten Hand des Schützen gehalten wird.

It shows:

Fig. 1

an embodiment of a system according to the invention, wherein a striking device and an operating unit of the system are shown schematically in supervision;

Fig. 2

the schematic representation of the system according Fig. 1 , wherein the impact device is shown in plan view;

Fig. 3

an application position of the system, wherein the striking device is arranged in a firearm, which is held in a first hand of a shooter, and the operating unit is held in a second hand of the shooter.

WAYS OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment variant of the system according to the invention, the system comprising on the one hand a striking device 1 and on the other hand an actuatable control unit 2. In order to be able to better represent the individual components of the operating unit, the illustrations are not to scale or the size relations are not corresponding to reality. In the present exemplary embodiment, the system consists of a striking device and an operating unit.

In the operating state (see Fig. 3 ), the striking device 1 is usually integrated into a firearm 20 and serves to fire a shot by igniting the primer of a cartridge 21 located in an ammunition chamber of the firearm 20, which for better understanding can also be found in the Figures 1 and 2 is shown, but not part of the system. For this purpose, the striking device 1 has at least one firing pin 3, 12, which can be brought from a rest position into a fire position via a trigger unit 4, 10. Due to the triggering movement which the at least one firing pin 3.12 passes between the rest position and the firing position, the firing pin 3.12 strikes a bottom of the cartridge 21 in the firing position and ignites the ignition charge of the cartridge 21 by the impact energy, as a result of which it subsequently results comes to ignition of a propellant charge of the cartridge 21, so that propellant gases are released. These propellant gases ultimately accelerate a projectile of the cartridge 21 in a barrel of the firearm 20 and thus a shot is fired.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the striking device 1 comprises both an electromagnetic release unit 4, which interacts with the firing pin 3 and interacts with the control unit 2, and a mechanical release unit 10, which interacts with another firing pin 12 and is actuated by a trigger 11 of the firearm 20 is, the trigger 11 for better understanding also in the Figures 1 and 2 is shown. It is therefore a striking device 1 by means of which two shot modes are made possible, on the one hand via the conventional actuation of the trigger 11 and on the other hand via the triggering of a shot via the control unit 2 described in detail below. It goes without saying that for the function of the interaction between the electromagnetic release unit 4 and the operating unit 2 described below, the additional mechanical release unit 10 does not necessarily have to be present, although synergistic or additional positive effects result from the combination of the two release units 4, 10 in a striking device.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the electromagnetic release unit 4 is designed such that it triggers the firing pin 3 from the rest position in FIG the fire position does. In order to effect the release movement, an electromagnetic force can be generated by means of the electromagnetic release unit 4, which moves the firing pin 3 from the rest position to the fire position.

In the exemplary embodiment shown, the electromagnetic release unit 4 comprises an electromagnet 13, which is connected to a first energy supply unit 8 and a receiving device 6 in a receiver circuit. The receiving device 6 is designed, on the one hand, for the wireless reception of an actuation signal 7 and, on the other hand, is configured such that the triggering movement of the firing pin 13 is effected when the actuation signal 7 is received and the receiving device 6 is in a state ready for reception.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 is effected in such a way that the electromagnet 13 designed as a lifting magnet is energized, preferably for a predefined period of time, and by the electro-magnetic force exerted on the firing pin 3 by an armature 14 fastened to the firing pin 3 into the firing position is moved.

A partial aspect of the invention can therefore be seen in that only electrical circuits are activated to trigger the firing pin 3 when the actuation signal 7 is received, as a result of which a linear movement of the firing pin 3 is brought about by the electromagnet 13, so that none is caused by the electromagnetic release unit 4 Conditional torque and / or tilting moment acts on the striking device 1 and, in the application, on the firearm 20 or the hand of the shooter. This increases the shooting accuracy or target accuracy, since no compensation movements of the shooter are necessary to compensate for torque and / or tilting moment.

An actuatable operating unit 2 is provided in order to address the electromagnetic release unit 4 and to effect the release movement. According to the invention, the operating unit 2 comprises a transmission device 5, by means of which the actuation signal 7 can be generated and wirelessly transmitted to the reception device 6 of the electromagnetic release unit 4. If the operating unit 2 is now actuated, in the present exemplary embodiment the actuating element 18 is provided for this purpose, the transmitting device 5 sends the actuating signal 7 to the receiving device 6, and when the actuating signal 7 is received by the receiving device 6 - as described above - the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 is effected in the striking device 1 in order to fire a shot by means of the firearm 20 in the application.

Another aspect of the invention is that the wireless transmission of the actuation signal 7 between the operating unit 2 and the striking device 1 means that there is no physical or structural connection between the operating unit 2 and the striking device 1 or between the operating unit 2 and the firearm 20, through which a cable or the like is performed. It is thus possible to design the control unit 2 and the striking device 1 or, in the application, the control unit and the firearm 20, in which the striking device 1 is installed, as separate, separate components. This further improves the handling and eliminates any influence that the actuation of the control unit 2 could have on the shot accuracy.

Used for illustration Figure 3 , which shows a shooter who holds the firearm 20 with the striking device 1 with electro-magnetic release unit 4 installed in the first hand and the control unit 2 in the second hand. The shooter can now aim the firearm 20 precisely with the first hand align and then only has to actuate the actuating element 18 with the other hand Operate control unit 2 in order to transmit the actuation signal 7 to the firearm 20 and thus trigger the shot.

Coming back on Figure 1 the structure of the control unit 2 will be explained in more detail below. The separate design of the striking device 1 and the control unit 2 in the present exemplary embodiment provides that the control unit 2 comprises a housing 17 in which the electronic components of the control unit 2 are arranged. The aforementioned actuating element 18 is arranged on the housing 17 in such a way that it can be actuated easily with one hand.

The control unit 2 comprises, in addition to the transmission device 5, a second energy supply unit 9, which provides the electrical energy required to generate the actuation signal 7. In the present exemplary embodiment, the two energy supply units 8, 9 are designed as energy stores, for example as batteries or rechargeable batteries. An actuating switch 22 which is operatively connected to the actuating element 18 is provided in the present exemplary embodiment in order to interrupt a transmitter circuit comprising a transmitter device 5 and a second energy supply source 9 or to close it, preferably for a predefined period of time, in order to generate and transmit the actuating signal 7 , It goes without saying that this is only one of many equivalent options for activating the transmitter 5, so it is of course also conceivable that the transmitter circuit is always closed and the actuating element 18 is directly connected to the transmitter 5 Generation and transmission of the actuation signal 7 interacts.

In order to improve the operational safety of the system and in particular to minimize the risk of unintentional and / or unauthorized triggering of the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 or the firing of a shot in the application, there are various Security aspects integrated into the system, which each work separately and can be used.

The control unit 2 has an unlocking element 19 which must be actuated or manipulated before the actuation signal 7 can be generated. It is both conceivable that the unlocking element 19 acts on a mechanical locking of the actuating element 18, so that the actuating element 18 cannot be moved without the unlocking element 19 having been actuated beforehand. On the other hand, it is also conceivable that the unlocking element 19 either acts on the transmitter circuit, closes it, for example, only when actuated, or acts directly on the transmitter device 5, the transmitter device 5 being in a non-ready-to-send state by default and only by actuating the Unlocking element 19 is set in a ready-to-send state. It would also be conceivable that the unlocking element 19 is designed as a cap which hides the actuating element 18 and is hingedly connected to the housing 17 and which has to be opened in order to reach the actuating element 18.

Furthermore, the electromagnetic release unit 4 comprises a safety switch 16, which is arranged in the receiver circuit. The receiver circuit can be interrupted by means of the fuse switch 16 in order to put the receiving device 6 in a state not ready to receive. Only when the receiver circuit is closed by the fuse switch 16 and thus the receiving device 6 has been put into a ready-to-receive state can the actuation signal 7 be received and the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 can be triggered. It is also conceivable that the safety switch 16 interacts directly with the receiving device 6 in order to put it into the ready-to-receive state. The state not ready to receive is also to be understood as a state in which the actuation signal 7 is received, but the electromagnetic release unit 4 is not activated in order to cause the release movement.

A further possibility for securing the striking device is brought about by the securing device 15, which blocks or releases the movement of the firing pin 3 per se and is similar in functionality to securing a conventional firearm. In the present exemplary embodiment, the securing device 15 comprises an actuatable securing lever 15a which, in a secured position, engages in a securing lug 15b of the firing pin 3 in order to block the triggering movement. Only when the safety lever 15a has been brought into an unlocked position and the safety lug 15b is free can the firing pin 3 run through the release movement. This is also only an exemplary description of one of many equivalent securing devices 15.

With regard to the transmission of the actuation signal 7 between the transmitting device 5 and the receiving device 6, various safety precautions can also be present. On the one hand, the transmitting device 5 can comprise means for generating an identification code which can be uniquely assigned to the operating unit 2 and which add this identification code to the actuation signal 7. The receiving device 6 accordingly comprises means for comparing the identification identifier of the received actuation signal 7 with a stored identification identifier of the assigned operating unit 2. By generating the identification identifier and comparing it, it can be ensured in a simple manner that the electromagnetic release unit 4 only is then activated when the actuation signal 7 comes from the assigned control unit 2.

Another security measure relates to the transmission of the actuation signal 7 per se and provides that the transmitting device 5 has means for encrypting the actuating signal 7, for example by means of an encryption algorithm, and the receiving device 6 has means for decrypting the

Actuating signal 7. Influencing or manipulation of the actuation signal 7 by an unauthorized third party can thus be prevented in a simple manner.

It is advantageous if the transmitting device 5 and / or the receiving device 6 each have a microprocessor or a microchip, by means of which the aforementioned encryption and / or identification operations can be carried out.

As already mentioned at the outset, in addition to the electromagnetic release unit 4, the present exemplary embodiment also includes a mechanical release unit 10, so that the striking device 1 can be activated either by actuating the control unit 2 via the electromagnetic release unit 4 or by actuating the trigger 11 via the mechanical release unit 10. This combination of the two release units 4, 10 enables two different firing modes in the application: on the one hand, a shot can be triggered in a conventional manner by actuating the trigger 11, on the other hand by actuating the control unit 2 due to the previously a shot with increased accuracy can be fired.

As especially in Fig. 2 It can be seen that two firing pins 3, 12 which can be actuated separately from one another are provided in the present exemplary embodiment: the firing pin 3, which, as described above, interacts with the electromagnetic release unit 4 and a further firing pin 12, which interacts with the mechanical release unit 10. In order to be able to arrange the two firing pins 3.12 as space-saving as possible, one of the firing pins 3.12, in the present case the further firing pin 12, has a cavity along its longitudinal axis, through which cavity the firing pin 3 is guided. Alternatively, a parallel guidance of the two firing pins 3.12 would also be conceivable. If the deduction is 11 actuated, only the further firing pin 12 carries out the triggering movement by actuation by means of the mechanical triggering unit 10. Conversely, only the firing pin 3 carries out the release movement when the electromagnetic release unit 4 is activated by means of the control unit 2.

Also in Fig. 2 It can be seen that the securing device 15 described above blocks both the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 and the triggering movement of the further firing pin 12, since the further firing pin 12 also has locking lugs 15b into which the locking lever 15a engages.

In alternative exemplary embodiments, not shown, it is also conceivable that the mechanical release unit 10 and the electromagnetic release unit 4 interact with the same firing pin 3. In this case, it is advantageous if the striking device 1 has a selector switch, by means of which one of the two triggering units 4, 10 can be activated and the other can be deactivated.

It is also conceivable in alternative exemplary embodiments, not shown, that the electromagnetic release unit 4 does not actively trigger the firing pin 3, as in the present case, but that the electromagnet 13 of the electromagnetic release unit 4 strikes the firing pin 3 against one on the firing pin 3 acting preload in the rest position. In particular, it can be provided that the firing pin 3 is prestressed by means of a spring and is held in the rest position by an electromagnet 13 designed as a holding magnet. As soon as the receiving device 6 receives the actuation signal 7 and the electro-magnetic release unit 4 is activated, the electromagnet 13 is deactivated, so that there is no longer any holding force acting on the firing pin 3 and the latter executes the release movement due to the pretensioning force. In In this case, the release movement is triggered by the electromagnetic release unit 4.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

beater

2

operating unit

3

firing pin

4

electro-magnetic release unit

5

transmitting device

6

receiver

7

actuating signal

8th

first power supply unit

9

second power supply unit

10

mechanical release unit

11

deduction

12

another firing pin

13

electromagnet

14

anchor

15

safety device
15a safety lever
15b locking lug

16

safety switch

17

casing

18

actuator

19

unlocking

20

firearm

21

cartridge

22

actuating switch

Claims (15)

Comprehensive system - A striking device (1) for a firearm (20), the striking device (1) having a firing pin (3) and an electro-magnetic release unit (4) which is operatively connected to the firing pin (3), the electro-magnetic release unit (4) is designed to trigger or cause a trigger movement of the firing pin (3) from a rest position into a fire position; - And an actuatable control unit (2), the control unit (2) cooperating with the electro-magnetic release unit (4) of the striking device (1) in such a way that the actuation of the control unit (2) triggers the firing pin (3) from the electro-magnetic release unit (4) is triggered or effected, wherein the operating unit (2) comprises a transmission device (5) for transmitting an actuation signal (7) via a wireless connection and the impact device (1) comprises a reception device (6) for receiving the actuation signal (7) via the wireless connection,
wherein the operating unit (2) is designed to transmit the actuation signal (7) by means of the transmission device (5) and the
Impact device (1) is designed such that the triggering movement of the firing pin (3) is triggered or effected by the electromagnetic release unit (4) when the actuation signal (7) is received by the receiving device (6). System according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (2) and the impact device (1) are designed as separate components. System according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the striking device (1) comprises a first energy supply unit (8) and / or in that the operating unit (2) comprises a second energy supply unit (9). System according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the transmitting device (5) of the control unit (2) is designed to provide the actuation signal (7) with an identification identifier which can be clearly assigned to the control unit (2),
and that the receiving device (6) of the striking device (1) is designed to check whether an identification code of the received actuation signal (7) matches the identification code of the operating unit (2) assigned to the striking device (1) and the triggering movement of the firing pin (3) can only be triggered or caused when the actuation signal (7) comes from the control unit (2) assigned to the striking device (1). System according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the transmitting device (5) of the operating unit (2) is designed to encrypt the actuation signal (7) and that the receiving device (6) of the striking device (1) is designed to decrypt the received actuation signal (7). System according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the striking device (1) comprises a mechanical trigger unit (10) which can be connected to a trigger (11) of the firearm (20), the mechanical trigger unit (10) with the firing pin (3 ) cooperates to trigger the triggering movement of the firing pin (3) when the trigger (11) is actuated. System according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the striking device (1) comprises a mechanical trigger unit (10) which can be connected to a trigger (11) of the firearm (20) and a further firing pin (12), the mechanical trigger unit ( 10) cooperates with the further firing pin (12) in order to trigger a triggering movement of the further firing pin (12) when the trigger (11) is actuated. System according to Claim 7, characterized in that the firing pin (3) and the further firing pin (12) are arranged running parallel to one another or in that the firing pin (3) and the further firing pin (12) are arranged at least in sections coaxially to one another. System according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the electro-magnetic release unit (4) comprises an electromagnet (13), the firing pin (3) by means of the
Electromagnet (13) is either stable against a biasing force acting on the firing pin (3) in the rest position,
or the firing pin (3) can be brought into the firing position by means of the electromagnet (13). System according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the striking device (1) comprises a safety device (15) designed to block the triggering movement of the firing pin (3), preferably the firing pin (3) and the further firing pin (12). System according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the electromagnetic release unit (4) comprises a safety switch (16), the receiving device (6) by actuating the safety switch (16) from a ready to receive to a non-receiving state is displaceable and vice versa. System according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the operating unit (2) is arranged in a housing (17), the housing (17) having at least one actuating element (18) by means of which the actuating signal (7) can be triggered. System according to claim 12, characterized in that the housing (17) has an unlocking element (19), the operating unit (2) being designed in such a way that the actuating element (18) can only be actuated and / or the transmission device (5) is only activated is when the unlocking element (19) was brought into an unlocked position beforehand. Firearm (20) with a system according to one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the striking device (1) is installed in the firearm (20) and the control unit (2) is arranged in a housing (17) separate from the firearm (20) , Firearm (20) according to claim 14, characterized in that the firearm (20) is a handgun or a handgun.

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