Biofire Technologies Inc.

Karl Fredrick Brakora

Kai Thorin Kloepfer

Jack Hugo Thiesen

Christopher James Owens

Donna Kelley

Benjamin William Dwyer

Sara Elizabeth Falcone

Katherine Joanne Lund

Joseph Ray Wilding

John Tomasik

Timothy Joel Thorson

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for reducing power consumption at an electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may transition to an inactive state to reduce power consumption, and the electromechanical gun may transition to an active state to perform a system check procedure or to allow a projectile to be fired from the electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may identify a sleep event based on an analysis of an output of a first electronic component, compute an estimated time duration based on an amount of electric charge remaining in the energy store, set a sleep timer according to the estimated time duration, and transition to the inactive state by terminating a power supply of a second electronic component. The electromechanical gun may transition to the active state in response to the sleep timer elapsing or a second output indicating that a user is touching the electromechanical gun.

Systems and techniques for improving battery life in an electromechanical gun

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired.

Electronic fire control system and methods of operating the same

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for monitoring the transfer of electric charge and determining whether a threshold amount of electric charge has been transferred. Aspects of the present disclosure may be performed by a fire control system, and the fire control system may be implemented in a gun. The fire control system may generate an integrated voltage using an integrator to integrate a current induced voltage that is present across a resistor, compare the integrated voltage against a reference voltage to determine whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and generate an output voltage that indicates whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage. The output voltage may be generated based on comparing the integrated voltage against the reference voltage using a comparator circuit, and the reference voltage may correspond to a threshold amount of electric charge.

Monitoring energy discharge in a fire control system

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

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Spring Lake, MI, United States of America

Karl Fredrick Brakora