EP3605005B1 - Système comprenant un dispositif de percussion pour une arme à feu et une unité de commande - Google Patents

Système comprenant un dispositif de percussion pour une arme à feu et une unité de commande Download PDF

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EP3605005B1
EP3605005B1 EP18186885.2A EP18186885A EP3605005B1 EP 3605005 B1 EP3605005 B1 EP 3605005B1 EP 18186885 A EP18186885 A EP 18186885A EP 3605005 B1 EP3605005 B1 EP 3605005B1
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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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/58—Electric firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/59—Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released by electric means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/08—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms remote actuated; lanyard actuated

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  • the invention relates to a system comprising a striking device for a firearm, the striking device having a firing pin and a triggering unit in operative connection with the firing pin, the triggering unit being designed to trigger or effect a triggering movement of the firing pin from a rest position to a firing position .
  • 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 designed mechanically and connected to a trigger of the firearm so that when the trigger is operated, the firing pin is moved by means of the trigger unit in the direction of the ammunition chamber in order to ignite the ignition charge of a cartridge located in the ammunition chamber.
  • the firing pin in the firing device is moved from a rest position by means of the trigger unit, in which there is generally no contact with a cartridge located between the firing pin and the ammunition chamber and the firearm is thus in a safe state in which 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 located in the ammunition chamber, igniting the detonating charge and thus triggering a shot.
  • This movement of the firing pin from the rest position or safety position into the firing position is referred to below as the triggering movement.
  • GB 224319 A discloses a firearm with a firing pin which can be actuated via an electromagnetic trigger device.
  • An electro-magnetically actuated safety mechanism is provided as a safety device, by means of which a locking arrangement can be moved from a secured to an unlocked position or vice versa. It can be triggered by an ignition switch or a contact at a remote location.
  • US 2009/158922 A1 describes an actuation unit that can be triggered by radio via a transmission device, the actuation unit being attached to the trigger of a conventional firearm. If the corresponding button on the transmitter is actuated, the transmitter wirelessly sends an actuation signal to the actuation unit, which then triggers the trigger by activating a motor.
  • the system preferably consists of an impact device and an operating unit.
  • the trigger unit is not designed purely mechanically, that is, as a lever or hammer mechanism, but rather as an electromagnetic trigger unit. Tilting moments due to the actuation of the triggering unit can thus be avoided, since only an electromagnetic force is responsible for the effect or triggering of the generally linear triggering movement of the firing pin.
  • Both active electromagnetic release units are provided here, which cause the firing pin to move directly by exerting an electromagnetic force
  • passive release units are provided which, for example, block the release movement by exerting the electromagnetic force, so that by changing the electromagnetic force Force the triggering movement can be triggered by a pretensioning force acting on the firing pin.
  • the second partial 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.
  • the actuation signal is transmitted wirelessly between the operating unit and impact device, 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.
  • 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 operating unit is placed on the barrel of the firearm. Since the shooter's physical interaction is limited to operating the control unit, neither a tilt nor a torque act on the firearm itself.
  • the range of the transmitting or receiving device is in 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 be reduced and it must be ensured that the triggering of the striking device occurs only in the immediate vicinity of the striking device, in order to achieve greater safety during use.
  • a system comprising a striking device for a firearm, the striking device having a firing pin and an electromagnetic trigger unit, the electromagnetic trigger unit being designed to trigger or cause a triggering 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, the operating unit comprising a transmitting device for sending an actuating signal via a wireless connection and the striking device comprising a receiving device for receiving the actuating signal, the actuating signal by means of the transmitting device on the receiving device can be sent and the triggering movement of the firing pin is triggered or effected when the actuating signal is received.
  • a conventional firearm is characterized in that the striking device has a mechanical release unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm. It is therefore provided in the system according to the invention that the striking device has a mechanical release unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm.
  • a The system achieves that it has two different firing modes: on the one hand, remote actuation by means of the operating unit via the electromagnetic trigger unit with improved accuracy and on the other hand direct actuation via the mechanical trigger unit, which can be actuated directly via the trigger of the firearm. It is thus possible for the user to switch between the two shooting modes, for example to use remote triggering on the shooting range and direct triggering in the event of a rapid reaction to a dangerous situation. It is also possible in the event of a malfunction - for example if one of the energy supply units is not charged or the trigger has a malfunction - to be able to fire a shot using the other firing mode.
  • the striking device comprises a mechanical triggering unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm, the mechanical triggering unit cooperating with the firing pin in order to trigger the triggering movement of the firing pin when the trigger is actuated.
  • the design 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.
  • a manually operable selection switch is provided, by means of which the shooter selects which of the two shooting modes is to be active before operating the trigger or the operating unit.
  • the selection switch can be designed so that it connects to the other components of the impact device cooperates to either activate the mechanical trip unit and deactivate the electromagnetic trip unit or vice versa.
  • the striking device comprises a mechanical trigger unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm and a further firing pin, the mechanical triggering unit cooperating with the further firing pin in order to trigger a triggering movement of the further firing pin when the trigger is actuated.
  • the design with two separate firing pins, each cooperating with one of the triggering units means that both triggering units are in a ready-to-trigger state without prior selection. Even if one of the two firing pins should be immovable due to a malfunction, a shot can be triggered by means of the other firing pin.
  • the operating unit and the striking device are designed as separate components.
  • the operating unit can thus be moved and handled freely in relation to the striking device.
  • One embodiment variant of the invention therefore provides that the operating unit and the striking device are designed as separate components.
  • the striking device comprises a first energy supply unit and / or that the Control unit comprises a second power supply unit.
  • the electrical energy required for operation is provided by the energy supply units.
  • the energy supply units can be, for example, energy stores, such as batteries or accumulators, which enable mobile operation.
  • the energy supply units in particular for stationary use, for example in shooting ranges, are fed via the electrical network.
  • a further variant embodiment provides that the transmission 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 to be provided, and that the receiving device of the striking device is designed to check whether an identification code of the received actuation signal matches the identification code of the operating unit assigned to the striking device, and to trigger or effect the triggering movement of the firing pin only when the actuation signal from the the control unit assigned to the impact device originates.
  • the control unit and impact device have to be paired with one another at predetermined time intervals, for example by exchanging a randomly generated code so that only one control unit is assigned to each impact device or only one impact device is assigned to each operating unit.
  • the transmitting device can have means for generating the identification code and / or the receiving device can have means for comparing the Have identification code with a stored identification code of the assigned operating unit.
  • the corresponding means can be designed as microprocessors or microchips, for example.
  • a further variant of the system according to the invention provides that the transmitting device of Operating unit is designed to encrypt the actuation signal and that the receiving device of the striking device is designed to decrypt the received actuation signal.
  • the transmitting device can have means for encrypting the actuation signal and / or the receiving device can have means for decrypting the actuation 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 code and / or that the means for decryption also carry out the comparison of the identification code.
  • a further variant of the system according to the invention provides that the The firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged to run parallel to one another or that the firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged at least in sections to run coaxially to one another. If the two firing pins are coaxial in sections, it is preferred if one of the The firing pin has a cavity along its longitudinal axis and the other firing pin is arranged at least in sections within the cavity.
  • the striking device comprises a mechanical trigger unit that can be connected to a trigger of the firearm and a further firing pin, the mechanical triggering unit cooperating with the further firing pin in order to trigger a triggering movement of the further firing pin when the trigger is actuated.
  • the design with two separate firing pins, each cooperating with one of the triggering units means that both triggering units are in a ready-to-trigger state without prior selection. Even if one of the two firing pins should be immovable due to a malfunction, a shot can be triggered by means of the other firing pin.
  • a further variant of the system according to the invention provides that the The firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged to run parallel to one another or that the firing pin and the further firing pin are arranged at least in sections to run coaxially to one another. If the two firing pins run coaxially 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.
  • the electromagnetic release unit comprises an electromagnet, wherein the firing pin can either be held in the rest position by means of the electromagnet 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 .
  • an electromagnet enables the electromagnetic release unit to be constructed in a particularly simple manner.
  • the electromagnet can be designed in such a way that the triggering movement is actively brought about by an exerted electromagnetic force.
  • the electromagnet can therefore be designed as a lifting magnet so that the firing pin having 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.
  • the electromagnet can also be designed in such a way that the exerted electromagnetic force holds the firing pin in the rest position against a pretensioning force, the electromagnet being designed as a holding magnet, for example.
  • the firing pin can be preloaded, for example, by means of a spring, so that the firing pin is preloaded in the direction of the firing position by the spring force.
  • the electromagnetic force acts as a holding force on an armature of the firing pin.
  • the electromagnet is de-energized or the voltage is reduced, the pre-tensioning force is greater than the holding force, so that the triggering movement of the firing pin is triggered.
  • 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 Safety device can for example be designed as a mechanical safety device so that the impact device can be brought from a secured position in which the release movement is blocked to an unlocked position in which the release movement is free by actuating the safety mechanism.
  • Electro-magnetic safety devices that work according to the same principle are also conceivable. As a rule, the safety device can be actuated manually, whereby it is also conceivable that the actuation takes place via a safety mechanism provided in the firearm and cooperating 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.
  • the electromagnetic release unit comprises a safety switch, the receiving device being able to be switched from a ready-to-receive state to a non-ready-to-receive state and vice versa by actuating the safety switch.
  • the safety switch has a time recording unit in order to automatically deactivate the receiving device after an adjustable time after activation.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides 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 be made of plastic or metal, for example. Because all electronic components of the operating unit are preferably arranged within the housing, the electronics can be protected from external, environmental influences.
  • the actuating element can be, for example, a push button, a switch or some other element that can be brought into at least two positions, with a fingerprint sensor or some other electronic device also being conceivable, for example.
  • the actuation 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 transmission device in order to send the actuation signal.
  • the housing has an unlocking element, the operating unit being designed in such a way that the actuating element can only be actuated and / or the transmission device is only activated if the unlocking element is previously in an unlocked position has been brought. It can advantageously be provided that both the unlocking element and the actuating element have to be actuated simultaneously in order to trigger a shot or to generate the actuating 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.
  • the transmission device is in the standard setting in a state that is not ready for transmission and can only be switched to a state that is ready for transmission by actuation of the unlocking element. This can also prevent the actuation signal from being generated without the unlocking element having been actuated. Is particularly advantageous it when the actuating element and the 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 palm and thumb - have to be moved independently of one another in order to be able to actuate both the unlocking element and the actuating element.
  • the object mentioned at the beginning is also achieved according to the invention by a firearm with a system according to the invention, the striking device being built into the firearm and the operating unit being arranged in a housing separate from the firearm.
  • the operating unit can actually trigger a shot if a cartridge is 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.
  • 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.
  • the housing can have an actuating element and / or an unlocking element. The improvement in the shooting accuracy of the firearm described at the beginning can thus be achieved by triggering a shot by means of the operating unit.
  • the system according to the invention is particularly suitable 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. Therefore, according to one embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the firearm is a handgun or a handgun.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a variant embodiment of the system according to the invention, the system comprising, on the one hand, an impact device 1 and, on the other hand, an actuatable operating unit 2.
  • the illustrations are not to scale or the size relationships do not correspond to reality.
  • the system consists of a striking device and an operating unit.
  • the striking device 1 In the operating state (see Fig. 3 ) the striking device 1 is usually integrated into a firearm 20 and is used to deliver a shot by igniting the ignition charge of a cartridge 21 located in an ammunition chamber of the firearm 20, which for better understanding is also in the Figures 1 and 2 is shown, but does not belong to the system.
  • the striking device 1 has at least one striking pin 3, 12, which can be brought from a rest position to a firing position via a triggering unit 4, 10.
  • the firing pin 3.12 strikes a bottom of the cartridge 21 in the firing position and ignites the firing charge of the cartridge 21 through the impact energy, which subsequently causes it a propellant charge of the cartridge 21 is ignited, so that propellant gases are released. These propellant gases ultimately accelerate a projectile from the cartridge 21 in a barrel of the firearm 20 and thus fire a shot.
  • the striking device 1 comprises both an electromagnetic trigger unit 4, which cooperates with the firing pin 3 and interacts with the operating unit 2, and a mechanical trigger unit 10 which cooperates with a further 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 thus a striking device 1 by means of which two shot modes are enabled, 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 Due to the interaction of electromagnetic release unit 4 and 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 one impact device.
  • the electromagnetic trigger unit 4 is designed in such a way that it moves the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 from the rest position to causes the fire position.
  • the electromagnetic triggering unit 4 can be used to generate an electromagnetic force which moves the firing pin 3 from the rest position to the firing position.
  • 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 to wirelessly receive an actuation signal 7 and on the other hand is designed such that the triggering movement of the firing pin 13 is effected when the actuating signal 7 is received and the receiving device 6 is in a ready-to-receive state.
  • the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 is effected in such a way that the electromagnet 13, which is designed as a lifting magnet, is energized, preferably for a predefined period of time, and through the electromagnetic force exerted, the firing pin 3 is moved into the firing position by an armature 14 attached to the firing pin 3 is moved.
  • the electromagnet 13 which is designed as a lifting magnet
  • a partial aspect of the invention can therefore be seen in the fact that only electrical circuits are activated for the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 upon receipt of the actuation signal 7, which causes a linear movement of the firing pin 3 due to the electromagnet 13, so that nothing is caused by the electromagnetic triggering unit 4 Conditional torque and / or tilting moment acts on the striking device 1 and, in the application, on the firearm 20 or the shooter's hand. This increases the shooting accuracy or target accuracy, since no compensatory movements of the shooter are necessary in order to compensate for the turning and / or tilting moment.
  • an actuatable control unit 2 is provided.
  • the operating unit 2 comprises a transmitting device 5, by means of which the actuating signal 7 can be generated and transmitted wirelessly to the receiving 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, with the triggering movement of the firing pin upon receipt of the actuating signal 7 by the receiving device 6 - as described above 3 is effected in the striking device 1 in order to fire a shot by means of the firearm 20 when used.
  • the wireless transmission of the actuation signal 7 between operating unit 2 and striking device 1 means that there is no physical or structural connection between operating unit 2 and striking device 1 or between operating unit 2 and firearm 20 through which a cable or the like is performed. It is thus possible to design the operating unit 2 and the striking device 1 or, in the application, the operating unit and the firearm 20, in which the striking device 1 is installed, as separate components. This further improves handling and eliminates any influence that the actuation of the operating unit 2 could have on the accuracy of the shot.
  • FIG. 3 shows a shooter who holds the firearm 20 with built-in striking device 1 with electro-magnetic trigger unit 4 in the first hand and the control unit 2 in the second hand.
  • the shooter can now use the first hand to accurately target the firearm 20 align and then only has to use the other hand to operate the actuating element 18 of the Operate control unit 2 in order to transmit the actuation signal 7 to the firearm 20 and thus trigger the shot.
  • operating unit 2 comprises a housing 17 in which the electronic components of operating unit 2 are arranged.
  • the aforementioned actuating element 18 is arranged on the housing 17 in such a way that it can easily be actuated with one hand.
  • the operating unit 2 comprises a second energy supply unit 9, which provides the electrical energy required to generate the actuation signal 7.
  • the two energy supply units 8, 9 are designed as energy stores, for example as batteries or accumulators.
  • An actuation switch 22, which is operatively connected to the actuation element 18, is provided in the present exemplary embodiment in order to interrupt or, preferably for a predefined period of time, to close a transmitter circuit comprising a transmission device 5 and a second energy supply source 9 in order to generate and transmit the actuation signal 7 .
  • the operating 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 by default in a non-ready state and only when the Unlocking element 19 is placed in a ready-to-send state. It would also be conceivable for the unlocking element 19 to be designed as a cap which conceals the actuation element 18 and is connected to the housing 17 in an articulated manner, which cap has to be opened in order to reach the actuation element 18.
  • 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 safety switch 16 in order to put the receiving device 6 in a state that is not ready to receive.
  • the actuating signal 7 can only be received and the triggering movement of the firing pin 3 triggered when the receiver circuit is closed by the safety switch 16 and the receiving device 6 has thus been put into a ready-to-receive state.
  • the safety switch 16 interacts directly with the receiving device 6 in order to put it into the ready-to-receive state.
  • the non-ready-to-receive state is also to be understood as a state in which the actuation signal 7 is received, but the electromagnetic trigger unit 4 is not activated in order to effect the triggering movement.
  • the security device 15 blocks or releases the movement of the firing pin 3 per se and has the same functionality as a safety device of a conventional firearm.
  • the safety device 15 comprises an actuatable safety lever 15a which, in a secured position, engages in a safety 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 triggering movement. This, too, is merely an exemplary description of one of many equivalent safety devices 15.
  • the transmitting device 5 can comprise means for generating an identification code which can be clearly 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 code of the received actuation signal 7 with a stored identification code of the associated operating unit 2. By generating the identification code and comparing it, it can be ensured in a simple manner that the electromagnetic release unit 4 only is activated when the actuation signal 7 comes from the associated operating unit 2.
  • a further safety precaution relates to the transmission of the actuation signal 7 itself and provides that the transmission device 5 has means for encrypting the actuation signal 7, for example by means of an encryption algorithm, and the receiving device 6 has means for decrypting the Has actuation signal 7. In this way, influencing or manipulation of the actuation signal 7 by an unauthorized third party can be prevented in a simple manner.
  • 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.
  • the present exemplary embodiment also includes, in addition to the electromagnetic release unit 4, a mechanical release unit 10, so that the impact device 1 can be activated either by operating the operating unit 2 via the electromagnetic release unit 4 or by operating the trigger 11 Via the mechanical trigger unit 10.
  • a mechanical release unit 10 so that the impact device 1 can be activated either by operating the operating unit 2 via the electromagnetic release unit 4 or by operating the trigger 11 Via the mechanical trigger unit 10.
  • two separately actuatable firing pins 3, 12 are provided in the present exemplary embodiment: the firing pin 3, which, as described above, interacts with the electromagnetic trigger unit 4, and another firing pin 12, which interacts with the mechanical trigger unit 10.
  • the two 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.
  • 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 performs the triggering movement by actuation by means of the mechanical triggering unit 10. Conversely, only the firing pin 3 carries out the triggering movement when the electromagnetic triggering unit 4 is activated by means of the operating unit 2.
  • Fig. 2 it can be seen that the safety 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 safety lugs 15b in which the safety lever 15a engages.
  • the mechanical release unit 10 and the electromagnetic release unit 4 interact with the same firing pin 3.
  • 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.
  • the electromagnetic trigger unit 4 does not actively cause the triggering movement of the firing pin 3, as in the present case, but that the electromagnet 13 of the electromagnetic triggering unit 4 pushes the firing pin 3 against the firing pin 3 acting pre-tensioning force holds in the rest position.
  • the firing pin 3 is preloaded by means of a spring and is held in the rest position by an electromagnet 13 designed as a holding magnet.
  • the receiving device 6 receives the actuation signal 7 and activates the electromagnetic release unit 4
  • the electromagnet 13 is deactivated so that no more holding force acts on the firing pin 3 and this executes the release movement due to the pretensioning force.
  • the triggering movement is triggered by the electromagnetic triggering unit 4.

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  1. Système comprenant
    - un dispositif de percussion (1) pour une arme à feu (20), le dispositif de percussion (1) présentant un percuteur (3) et une unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) en liaison fonctionnelle avec le percuteur (3), l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) étant conçue pour, par l'exercice d'une force électromagnétique, déclencher ou provoquer un mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) d'une position de repos dans une position de tir, l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) étant soit conçue activement pour provoquer le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) directement par l'exercice de la force électromagnétique, soit conçue passivement pour bloquer le mouvement de déclenchement, par exemple par l'exercice de la force électromagnétique, et, par modification de la force électromagnétique, déclencher le mouvement de déclenchement par une force de précontrainte agissant sur le percuteur (3),
    caractérisé en ce que
    le système comprend en outre
    - une unité de commande (2) pouvant être actionnée, l'unité de commande (2) coopérant avec l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) du dispositif de percussion (1) de telle sorte que, par l'actionnement de l'unité de commande (2), le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) est déclenché ou provoqué par l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4),
    l'unité de commande (2) comprenant un dispositif d'émission (5) pour l'émission d'un signal d'actionnement (7) par une liaison sans fil et le dispositif de percussion (1) comprenant un dispositif de réception (6) pour la réception du signal d'actionnement (7) par la liaison sans fil,
    l'unité de commande (2) étant conçue pour émettre le signal d'actionnement (7) au moyen du dispositif d'émission (5) lorsqu'elle est actionnée et le dispositif de percussion (1) étant conçu de cette sorte que le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) est déclenché ou provoqué par l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) lorsque le signal d'actionnement (7) est reçu par le dispositif de réception (6),
    le dispositif de percussion (1) comprenant une unité de déclenchement mécanique (10) pouvant être reliée à une détente (11) de l'arme à feu (20),
    l'unité de déclenchement mécanique (10) soit coopérant avec le percuteur (3) en liaison fonctionnelle avec l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) pour déclencher le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) lorsque la détente (11) est actionnée, soit coopérant avec un autre percuteur (12) du dispositif de percussion (1) pour déclencher un mouvement de déclenchement de l'autre percuteur (12) lorsque la détente (11) est actionnée.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande (2) et le dispositif de percussion (1) sont conçus comme des composants séparés.
  3. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de percussion (1) comprend une première unité d'alimentation en énergie (8) et/ou que l'unité de commande (2) comprend une deuxième unité d'alimentation en énergie (9).
  4. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'émission (5) de l'unité de commande (2) est conçu pour munir le signal d'actionnement (7) d'un code d'identification pouvant être attribué de manière univoque à l'unité de commande (2), et que le dispositif de réception (6) du dispositif de percussion (1) est conçu pour vérifier si un code d'identification du signal d'actionnement (7) reçu correspond au code d'identification de l'unité de commande (2) associée au dispositif de percussion (1), et pour déclencher ou provoquer le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3) seulement si le signal d'actionnement (7) provient de l'unité de commande (2) associée au dispositif de percussion (1).
  5. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'émission (5) de l'unité de commande (2) est conçu pour crypter le signal d'actionnement (7) et que le dispositif de réception (6) du dispositif de percussion (1) est conçu pour décrypter le signal d'actionnement (7) reçu.
  6. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le percuteur (3) et l'autre percuteur (12) sont disposés de manière à s'étendre parallèlement l'un à l'autre ou que le percuteur (3) et l'autre percuteur (12) sont disposés de manière à s'étendre coaxialement l'un à l'autre au moins sur certaines parties.
  7. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) comprend un électroaimant (13), le percuteur (3) pouvant être soit maintenu dans la position de repos au moyen de l'électroaimant (13) contre une force de précontrainte agissant sur le percuteur (3), soit être amené dans la position de tir au moyen de l'électroaimant (13).
  8. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de percussion (1) comprend un dispositif de sécurité (15) destiné à bloquer le mouvement de déclenchement du percuteur (3), de préférence du percuteur (3) et de l'autre percuteur (12).
  9. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de déclenchement électromagnétique (4) comprend un interrupteur de sécurité (16), le dispositif de réception (6) pouvant être passé d'un état prêt à recevoir dans un état non prêt à recevoir et inversement par l'actionnement de l'interrupteur de sécurité (16).
  10. Système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande (2) est disposée dans un boîtier (17), le boîtier (17) présentant au moins un élément d'actionnement (18) au moyen duquel le signal d'actionnement (7) peut être déclenché.
  11. Système selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (17) présente un élément de déverrouillage (19), l'unité de commande (2) étant conçue de telle sorte que l'élément d'actionnement (18) ne peut être actionné et/ou le dispositif d'émission (5) n'est activé que si l'élément de déverrouillage (19) a été préalablement amené dans une position de déverrouillage.
  12. Arme à feu (20) dotée d'un système selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, dans laquelle le dispositif de percussion (1) est installé dans l'arme à feu (20) et l'unité de commande (2) est disposée dans un boîtier (17) séparé de l'arme à feu (20) .
  13. Arme à feu (20) selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que l'arme à feu (20) est une arme à feu portative ou une arme à feu de poing.
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