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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
John Hancock Lupher, Austin, TX (US);
Hillman Lee Bailey, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Michael Eric Reimers, Austin, TX (US);
John Hancock Lupher, Austin, TX (US);
Hillman Lee Bailey, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Michael Eric Reimers, Austin, TX (US);
TrackingPoint, Inc., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Abstract
A trigger assembly includes a plurality of components including a trigger shoe configured to disengage a firing mechanism in response to a force applied by a user. The trigger assembly further includes a first PCB having at least one optical sensor to receive light and a controller configured to determine a positional state of at least one of the trigger shoe and a selected one of the plurality of components in response to the light received by the at least one optical sensor.