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United States Patent | 8,356,437 |
Holmes , et al. | January 22, 2013 |
A firing pin position indicator may be mounted to the breech end of a weapon. The indicator may include a solenoid with a plunger and a firing pin adapter that is selectively engageable with the plunger. The firing pin adapter may be fixed to the firing pin of the weapon. The solenoid plunger may be coupled to a quick-release lock. The quick-release lock may be selectively engageable with the firing pin adapter. The quick-release lock may include a housing and a spring-loaded piston that is translatable in the housing. The quick-release lock housing may be coupled to the solenoid plunger with a pin. A sensor may sense the position of the solenoid plunger and may provide a control signal to the weapon.
Inventors: | Holmes; Edward W. (Valley Falls, NY), Barber; Wayland P. (Mechanicville, NY) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 47521639 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 12/875,327 | ||||||||||
Filed: | September 3, 2010 |
Current U.S. Class: | 42/1.01; 42/70.08; 89/27.12; 89/27.14 |
Current CPC Class: | F41A 9/53 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | F41A 9/53 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;42/1.01,70.08 ;89/27.11,27.12,27.13,27.14 |
2517333 | August 1950 | Motley |
5410942 | May 1995 | Begneu |
5924232 | July 1999 | Rhoden et al. |
7779740 | August 2010 | Holmes et al. |
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