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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Biofire Technologies Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joseph Ray Wilding, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Donna Kelley, Louisville, CO (US);
Benjamin William Dwyer, Golden, CO (US);
Biofire Technologies Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for testing guns by simulating firing a round of live ammunition. A striker may be used to apply force onto a gun, and one or more compressible rods may be used to modulate the application of force onto the gun. A system may include a striking mechanism configured for displacement along an arcuate path of travel that includes a first compressible rod, a second compressible rod coupled with a first component of the gun, an attachment mechanism coupled with a second component of the gun such that the second compressible rod is located in the arcuate path of travel, and a backstop mechanism coupled with the attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism may stably hold the gun and the backstop mechanism may accommodate planar movement of the attachment mechanism, so as to simulate a shooter holding the gun.