Sep 16, 2025

US12416462 - Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.

Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Joseph Ray Wilding, Benjamin William Dwyer, John Andrew Tomasik
Filing date: 2022-12-14

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The patent describes an electromechanical trigger system for firearms that utilizes a trigger sensing mechanism to detect a trigger break and send a signal to an actuator, which then propels a projectile. This system includes a detent mechanism that dislocates in response to applied force, allowing for precise control of the firing process.

Claim 1

A gun comprising: a rifled barrel; a trigger assembly comprising: a trigger, a magnet, and a detent mechanism that is displaceable in response to force being applied thereto; a trigger sensor configured to generate a voltage in response to displacement of the detent mechanism and the magnet moving to within a threshold distance of the trigger sensor; and a fire control manager configured to: identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensor contacting the detent mechanism and generating the voltage, and transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism, wherein the actuator mechanism is displaced in response to the transmitting the signal, so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism that results in a projectile being propelled through the rifled barrel. a rifled barrel; a trigger assembly comprising: a trigger, a magnet, and a detent mechanism that is displaceable in response to force being applied thereto; a trigger, a magnet, and a detent mechanism that is displaceable in response to force being applied thereto; a trigger sensor configured to generate a voltage in response to displacement of the detent mechanism and the magnet moving to within a threshold distance of the trigger sensor; and a fire control manager configured to: identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensor contacting the detent mechanism and generating the voltage, and transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism, wherein the actuator mechanism is displaced in response to the transmitting the signal, so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism that results in a projectile being propelled through the rifled barrel. identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensor contacting the detent mechanism and generating the voltage, and transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism, wherein the actuator mechanism is displaced in response to the transmitting the signal, so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism that results in a projectile being propelled through the rifled barrel.

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