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20080213732 | System and Method for Calculating a Projectile Impact Coordinates - A training system and method to calculate actual coordinates of a projectile impact at one or more screens has been disclosed. A projectile is launched at a screen. One or more targets are projected onto the screen. A calibrated sensor is directed at the screen surface. The sensor continually captures thermal images of a screen surface. The sensor comprises software to detect and isolate thermal images of the projectile impacting the screen. These impact images are transmitted to a computer connected to the sensor. A computer comprises software to calculate the actual impact coordinates relative to a projected target. The calculated coordinates are digitally sent to feedback devices for display purposes. The system further comprises virtual training scenarios that are triggered upon notification of actual impact coordinates. These training scenarios simulate real life situations. | 09-04-2008 |
20090053678 | Method for Reading and Writing Data Wirelessly from Simulated Munitions - A weapon simulation system includes a simulated weapon and simulated munition, with the simulated weapon being in electrical communication with a primary simulation computer and an instructor computing station. The simulated munition includes an RFID tag installed therein, with the RFID tag having information about the particular simulated munition. When the simulated munition is placed in an insert in the simulated weapon, an RFID transceiver in the simulated weapon will read the information from the RFID tag using an antenna, and further transmit the identification information of the simulated munition to a weapon controller. The weapon controller is further in electrical communication with a primary simulation computer generating a simulation, which is in electrical communication with an instructor computer. | 02-26-2009 |
20090305197 | Apparatus and System For Simulating of Shooting a Grenade Launcher - A grenade launcher simulation apparatus and a grenade launcher simulation system are provided. The grenade launcher simulation system includes a grenade launcher simulation apparatus, a central control device, and at least one or more personal sensing terminals. When shooting information according to shooting of the grenade launcher simulation apparatus is received, the personal sensing terminal to which the personal sensing terminal is registered transmits impact point location information to the central control device or the personal sensing terminal. The central control device transmits the received impact point location information to other personal sensing terminals, and the personal sensing terminals that receive the impact point location information personal sensing terminal compare location information of the personal sensing terminals with the impact point location information to generate damage information and transmit the damage information to the central control device or the personal sensing terminal to which the grenade launcher simulation apparatus is registered. The personal sensing terminal that receives the damage information displays shooting location and damage location of the personal sensing terminal and damage location on a display unit. Accordingly, it is possible to simulate an actual grenade launcher by using a wireless communication network. | 12-10-2009 |
20100003642 | EVALUATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOOTING TRAINING - An evaluation system for shooting training. The evaluation system is arranged to determine from which shooter fired ammunition detected by a target system originates. The evaluation system includes a receiver unit arranged to receive shooter messages from a plurality of weapon systems and to receive a target message from the target system. Each shooter message includes time marked firing information and first pairing information related to a weapon of the weapon system. Each target message includes time marked hit/miss information and second pairing information related to a target of the target system. The evaluation system further includes a processing unit arranged to pair the target with one associated weapon based on the target message and each respective shooter message. Also, a method for determining from where ammunition detected at a target was fired. | 01-07-2010 |
20100099059 | GUN SIMULATOR - The chain gun simulator provides a high-fidelity simulation of the electrical control system signals for any weapon platform using a variety of chain gun types. The simulator device is stand-alone, requiring no external equipment, and replicates the electrical states, levels, and timing of the real guns such that the weapon platform's fire control interface can function normally without the need for a real gun and live ammunition. In addition, the simulator provides user control for selecting gun type and mode, and provides visual indication of modes, feed selection, and simulated weapon bolt position. There may also be an audible indication every time the simulator has advanced through the normal shutdown portion of the gun cycle. | 04-22-2010 |
20110003268 | Realistic sparring structure used in a shooting training - A realistic sparring structure used in a shooting training is provided in a frame containing a first conductor and a second conductor for connecting to a power source. The realistic sparring structure includes a rod, a conductor and a pressing piece. A top end of the rod is a locking part, the conductor is electrically connected with the first conductor and the second conductor, and the pressing piece displaces in the frame. By the aforementioned structures, when a new magazine is loaded and a last round of bullet is fired, a bolt handle should be pulled again, allowing the first conductor to electrically conduct with the second conductor, such that a problem of a constant supply of power source in a conventional toy gun can be improved, thereby achieving the practicability and progressiveness of simulating a shooting training by emulating operations of a real gun. | 01-06-2011 |
20110059421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED FEEDBACK AND DYNAMIC CORRECTION OF A WEAPON SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system for adjusting a targeting solution of a weapon system are provided. The weapon system may fire a projectile at a target, where the projectile comprises a location device. The location device may be active or passive. A location notification is received about the first projectile. An impact location of the projectile is determined based on the location notification. The targeting solution of the weapon system is adjusted based on the determined first impact location. The targeting solution may be adjusted directly or indirectly. An indirect adjustment of the targeting solution may include displaying a projectile-status display and/or providing a suggested targeting solution. | 03-10-2011 |
20110281242 | TRAINING AID FOR FIREARMS USING ROTATING AND NON-ROTATING BOLTS - An apparatus and system permitting simulated firing from any firearm including a bolt and/or rotating bolt as well as rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and the like. In particular, the present invention relates to light emitting munitions, being used as part of a system for registering “hits” during dry-fire exercises and gaming with any hand-held firearm, without any change to either the feel, or the external dimensions of the firearms. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281243 | TRAINING BARREL - A training barrel having a central axis for housing a light emitting insert which includes an elongate member having a first end, a second end, and a first internal surface. The first internal surface extends from the first end to the second end. The internal surface includes a first segment which defines a first volume having a first cross sectional area perpendicular to the central axis, a second segment adjacent the first segment which defines a second volume having a second cross sectional area perpendicular to the central axis, and a third segment proximate the second segment which defines a third volume having a third cross sectional area perpendicular to the central axis, the third cross sectional area being greater than the second cross sectional area. The third segment may be configured and dimensioned to receive a light emitting insert and the first segment may be configured and dimensioned to receive a blank cartridge. | 11-17-2011 |
20110306019 | M249 NON-FIREARM SIMULATING A FUNCTIONAL M249 FIREARM - A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for an M249 machine gun. The non-firing housing includes one or more of a number of alterations as compared to a functioning M249 receiver. Such alterations include: providing a non-firing barrel support with substantial dimensional differences as compared to a standard M249 barrel support; providing a non-firing barrel support with additional structural features that prevent any bolt head (and particularly a standard M249 bolt head) from entering the battery position; providing right or left non-firing bolt rails with dimensional or structural or positional alterations as compared to standard right and left bolt rails for a standard M249; providing the non-firing housing with the absence of an ejection port; providing a non-firing right bolt rail with the absence of a hinge bore; and providing a non-firing left bolt rail with the absence of an ejector pin bore and back stop material. | 12-15-2011 |
20110311949 | TRAJECTORY SIMULATION SYSTEM UTILIZING DYNAMIC TARGET FEEDBACK THAT PROVIDES TARGET POSITION AND MOVEMENT DATA - A target in a physical environment can be interrogated. Feedback can be received from the target that is encoded within a radio frequency signal. The feedback can include position and movement data of the target. Adjustments can be calculated for a simulated kinetic projectile traveling to the target. The adjustments can account for target movement, kinetic projectile travel time, and travel path to the target. A distance from a point of origin of the simulated kinetic projectile to the target and movement of the target relative to the point of origin can be determined utilizing the feedback. A result signal can be conveyed that includes result data. The result data can include all information necessary for the target to react to the simulated kinetic projectile. | 12-22-2011 |
20120040313 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TARGET POINT OF AN OBSERVATION UNIT, IN PARTICULAR ON A FIREARM SIMULATOR - The invention relates to a device for determining the target point of an observation unit. The device comprises a target area; a scan line projector, which projects at least two non-parallel scan lines and moves said scan lines across the target area; a control unit, which controls the movement of the scan lines; and an optical target point detector, which provides a target point signal to the control unit if a scan line is detected. The control unit determines the position of each scan line | 02-16-2012 |
20120122058 | Smart Magazine for Simulated Weapon - A smart magazine adapted to be releasably engaged with a simulated weapon is provided, the magazine comprising a housing, a valving mechanism disposed within the housing and a data module including an electronic storage medium for storing information concerning an amount of simulated ammunition “shots” present in the magazine, and a connection member operably connected to the data module and adapted to be operably connected to a control module in the weapon to transmit and receive signals in response to the firing of the weapon to adjust the number of “shots” stored in the storage medium. The magazine utilizes a compressed gas cartridge that releases gas to produce an audible “pop” when the weapon is fired and to reset the “shot” count for the magazine when the canister is replaced. | 05-17-2012 |
20120141957 | TRAINING FIREARM WITH TRIGGER FINGER POSITION SENSING - A training firearm including a body that has or replicates the look and feel of a real firearm where the body includes handle, trigger and barrel portions. The training firearm includes at least one sensor for sensing separate ready and trigger positions of a trainee's trigger finger and at least one indicator for providing distinguishable indications of the ready and trigger positions of the trainee's trigger finger sensed by the sensor. | 06-07-2012 |
20120171644 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN TRAINING ARMED PERSONNEL - A system and method for use in training armed personnel are described. According to one embodiment, the system includes a number of autonomous mobile units and the units are arranged to perform actions in a training area to simulate participants in a firearms training exercise, and at least one of the mobile units is arranged to base at least some of its actions at least partially on the behaviour of at least one human in the training area. | 07-05-2012 |
20120183928 | USE OF ZIGBEE PERSONAL AREA NETWORK IN MILES MANWORN - A wireless laser detection system for use in a military training environment and method of implementing the same are described. The wireless laser detection system includes at least one laser detector module characterized by a sensor, a decoder, and a network adapter. The laser detection system also includes a control module and a status indicator. The sensor detects an information bearing laser signal and communicates it to the decoder. The decoder extracts event data from the laser signal and sends it to the network adapter. The network adapter wirelessly transmits the event data over a personal area network to the control module. The control module processes the event data and stores it in a memory. The control module also optionally downloads the stored event data to an external device. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183929 | TRAINING DEVICE FOR GRENADE LAUNCHERS - A laser-based system is useful for training soldiers in the operation and use of a grenade launcher. The system comprises a training assembly rotatably attached to the body of a grenade launcher and at least one sensor to detect laser energy at a target site. The training assembly comprises a housing; a variable output laser; a shaft extending through the housing to the body of the grenade launcher; a motor within the housing that engages the shaft and is capable of causing the housing to rotate about the shaft; at least one sensor to detect rotation of the housing, trigger pull, and/or gravitational direction; and a control unit operationally connected to the laser, the at least one sensor, and the motor. The training assembly rotates from the elevation of the launcher barrel to the elevation of the target site to generate a burst of laser energy at sensors at the target site. | 07-19-2012 |
20120214136 | FIREARM BARREL PLUG AND TRAINING METHOD - A training/safety plug for use in firearms is provided. In one implementation, the plug comprises a chamber end and a shaft extending away from the chamber end. The chamber end is adapted to fit within a chamber of a designated firearm, the chamber end has a cross-sectional dimension sufficient to prevent the chamber end from extending into a barrel of the designated firearm and further comprises a strike surface for receiving an impact of a firing pin and a proximal end dimension such that the chamber end is not engaged by an ejector mechanism of the firearm. The shaft comprises a barrel end coupled to and extending distally from the generally cylindrical chamber end. The training/safety plug renders the designated firearm inert. Methods of training a student to target a firearm or other targeting device are also disclosed. | 08-23-2012 |
20120295229 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing a Marksman Training Exercise - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for analyzing a marksman training exercise. Embodiments disclosed herein include determining a desired instructor speed and a desired instructor accuracy for a plurality of shots in the marksman training exercise, determining a desired student speed and a desired student accuracy for the plurality of shots in the marksman training exercise, and assigning the desired instructor speed and the desired instructor accuracy a first percentage. Some embodiments are configured for assigning the desired student speed and the desired student accuracy a second percentage, receiving a marksman speed data and a marksman accuracy data for the plurality of shots by a marksman, and converting the marksman speed data and the marksman accuracy data into respective percentages based on the first percentage and the second percentage. | 11-22-2012 |
20130022944 | PROPER GRIP CONTROLLERS - A proper grip controller, having a first controller disposed near a trigger, the first controller comprising a joystick. The first controller is disposed such that a user of the proper grip controller can manipulate the joystick with a thumb while properly holding the proper grip controller. | 01-24-2013 |
20130040268 | SIMULATED SHOOTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A simulated shooting device ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130108990 | WIRELESS TARGET SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130164711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELEVATED SPEED FIREARMS TRAINING - The system and method to advance human performance in sighting, tracking, recognizing, and reacting to (collectively “engaging”) moving and stationary objects, for example, advancing skill in engaging targets with a firearm. System components include software and hardware that provide target and non-target image stimuli that can be manually or automatically generated as stationary or moving stimuli in a blank or a rendered scene environment. The methods including increase stimuli movement speeds and/or reducing the interval between or the time for which stimuli are displayed until the trainee fails to properly engage the stimuli, then reduce the movement speeds and/or increase the interval time to levels at which the trainee properly engages the stimuli. By repeating training methods with increasing speed, the trainee will be conditioned to achieve proper stimuli engagement with increasingly elevated speed and accuracy. | 06-27-2013 |
20130203019 | Training System - A training system is provided. The training system may have a handheld computing device configured to receive a data input from an input device. The input device may be a sensor capable of measuring a condition relating to the training. An analysis module in electronic communication with the handheld computing device is configured to interpret the data input from the input device and configured provide a feedback output related to the execution of the goals of the training system. Based on this feedback, a trainee or trainer may adjust the training program to enhance the trained skills. | 08-08-2013 |
20130260342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELEVATED SPEED FIREARMS TRAINING - The system and method to advance human performance in sighting, tracking, recognizing, and reacting to (collectively “engaging”) moving and stationary stimuli, for example, advancing skill in engaging targets with a firearm. System components include software and hardware that provide target and non-target image stimuli that can be manually or automatically generated as stationary or moving stimuli in a blank, gridded, or a rendered scene environment. The methods including an initial phase providing increasing stimuli rigor, for example, movement speeds and/or reducing the interval between or the time for which stimuli are displayed, a plateau level of stimuli rigor which is above that which any trainee can properly engage the stimuli, and then a reduced stimuli rigor level, for example, the movement speeds and/or increase the interval time to levels at which the trainee properly engages the stimuli. By repeating training methods with increasing rigor, the trainee will be conditioned to achieve proper stimuli engagement with increasingly elevated speed and accuracy. | 10-03-2013 |
20130280677 | TRAINING WEAPON SYSTEM FOR RECOILLESS ANTITANK RIFLE WEAPONS - The invention relates to a training weapon system ( | 10-24-2013 |
20130288204 | Trigger Trainer - An insert is placed in the trigger guard between the front portion of the trigger guard and the trigger to reduce the size of the opening designed to accommodate the trigger finger and permit only a portion of the finger to be inserted for engaging the trigger, typically the outer tip area between the tip and the first joint of the finger. The training tool guides the trigger finger into the right position, establishing proper alignment of the finger to the trigger and increasing the probability that the probability that the trigger will be properly squeezed by promoting proper placement of the trigger finger each time the trigger is engaged. After repeated use with the trigger guard, the placement of the finger will become automatic. | 10-31-2013 |
20130316308 | Method and Apparatus for Firearm Recoil Simulation - A method and apparatus for firearm training simulator which simulates realistic recoil of conventional firearms. The method and apparatus incorporates a linear motor and controllable mass for generating recoil. One embodiment includes an adjusting system for adjusting the amount of recoil provided. Also provided are means for simulating semi-automatic and/or full automatic operation of firearms. One embodiment can include a laser emitter which simulates the path for a bullet fired from a firearm that the method and apparatus is simulating. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316309 | SYSTEM FOR ELEVATED SPEED FIREARMS TRAINING SCENARIOS - A system and method advance human performance in sighting, tracking, recognizing, and reacting to (collectively “engaging”) moving and stationary objects, for example, advancing skill in engaging targets with a firearm. System components include software and hardware that provide target and non-target image stimuli that can be manually or automatically generated as stationary or moving stimuli on a grid pattern. The system includes a database including a plurality of training scenarios, each training scenario including a sequence of stimuli, the sequence of stimuli including targets for the trainee to engage; a display for the presentation of the sequence of stimuli; and a data processor generating the presentation of the sequence of stimuli on the display, providing an operator interface, and providing performance reporting. The sequence of stimuli can include a range of difficulty of engagement, for example, an increasing period, a plateau period, and a final period. | 11-28-2013 |
20140106311 | System, Method, and Device for electronically displaying one shot at a time from multiple target shots using one physical target - The present invention contemplates a system for improving shooting skill that includes a computer having an executable software program, a camera in electrical communication with a power source and being in data communication with the computer, a laser mounted to the camera, a tripod supporting the camera, a physical target arranged at a predetermined and selectable distance from the camera, a router for providing data communication means between the camera and the computer, a first antenna in data communication with the computer by means of the router, and a light source coupled to the camera. | 04-17-2014 |
20140186801 | INSTRUCTOR-LEAD TRAINING ENVIRONMENT AND INTERFACES THEREWITH - An infantry training simulation system comprising at least one firing lane, with at least one display arranged substantially near the end of the firing lane. A trainee experiencing the simulation can carry at least one physical or virtual weapon, which is typically similar to a traditional infantry weapon. To facilitate navigation and other interaction with the simulation, the weapon is preferably outfitted with at least one controller. At least one computer is communicatively coupled to the display and the weapon. The computer can monitor input from the at least one controller, and modifies the training simulation displayed on the display based on the input. | 07-03-2014 |
20140193778 | DRY FIRE PRACTICE TRAINING DEVICE - When a semi-automatic weapon is live fired, its firing pin is reset and is ready to be fired again. The shooter's hands remain in the firing position, and just the trigger finger and trigger are employed. But with dry fire practice, the shooter must remove a hand from the weapon and ratchet the slide to reset the firing pin, allowing the trigger to return to its unfired position. This must be done each time a shot is simulated. This invention provides, by incorporating a modified ammunition magazine in the weapon's magazine compartment, realistic muscle memory training by duplicating the action of the trigger, the feel and the sound of the release of the firing pin and the resetting of the trigger for additional trigger activations. It does not interact with the weapon's firing pin and does not require any alterations to the weapon such as disassembling and reassembling of parts. | 07-10-2014 |
20140272805 | Individual Gunnery Trainer with Sensing Platform - A system and method are that includes a frame and a weapon mount on the frame that receives a weapon mock-up. The system also includes a substantially non-rotatable sensing platform, coupled to the frame, on which a single trainee stands, where rotational pressure applied to the platform by the trainee generates a virtual orientation signal. The system also includes a head-mounted display worn by the trainee that receives a display signal representative of a virtual environment to be simulated to the trainee; and a controller in electrical communication with the sensing platform and the display, wherein the controller receives the virtual orientation signal and generates the display signal in response such that rotational pressure applied to the platform by the trainee results in rotation of the virtual environment displayed to the trainee. A method for the simulation of a single weapon system in a transportable enclosure is also presented. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272806 | WEAPON EMULATORS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - A weapon emulator comprising: a body; an electro-mechanical actuator coupled to the body; a firing indicator coupled to the electro-mechanical actuator and designed to move relative to the body when the electro-mechanical actuator is activated. | 09-18-2014 |
20140356816 | Training Rifle and Magazine - The present invention is directed to a polymer training rifle which may include a modular receiver portion, a simulated barrel nut, one or more interchangeable modular barrels, and a receiver extension tube. Selected parts and tactical accessories may be connected to the rifle training system to provide a customized training rifle. The modular receiver may include a magazine well that receives an actual magazine or an inert replica magazine. The receiver portion also may include a functional magazine catch assembly which allows a trainee to selectively secure and release a magazine from the magazine well. The one or more modular barrels, modular receiver portion, and inert replica magazine may each include a metal core to allow for detection by security screening equipment. | 12-04-2014 |
20150010886 | Vehicle Crew Training System for Ground and Air Vehicles - A computer based simulation system for virtual training for vehicle crews is disclosed. The Vehicle Crew Training System (VCTS) simulates crew positions for different military ground and air vehicles. Two or more crewman modules are networked together to support a partial or full vehicle crew. The crewman modules are self-contained devices that are modular in hardware and software design, easily reconfigurable, and require minimal facility space, allowing use in restricted environments such as trailers. The VCTS is modular at the crew position level; crewman modules are added or deleted as required to meet a particular training need. | 01-08-2015 |
20150017608 | Weapons firing range system and apparatus employing reflected imagery - A live fire weapons firing range includes a training area having a target wall, a rear wall and side walls extending between the target wall and the rear wall. An internal partition is oriented within the training area, so as to divide the training area into a shooter area, an actor area, and a fire engagement area. A reflective target is positioned on the target wall and is simultaneously viewable from both the shooter area and the actor area, such that an actor/instructor in the actor area is viewable to the shooter in the shooter area via a reflected image of the actor from the reflective target. The actor and the shooter engage in fire, shooting at the reflective target, which allows the live fire ammunition to pass through the reflective target, with the ammunition being captured by absorbing material positioned behind the reflective target. | 01-15-2015 |
20150050622 | 3D SCENARIO RECORDING WITH WEAPON EFFECT SIMULATION - Disclosed is a method for the three-dimensional scenario recording of the action taking place during training exercises of firefights at close range, in which multiple, synchronized imaging systems (IS), such as video cameras, scanners or the like, are installed for monitoring the training areas, wherein software calculates from the IS recordings a photo-realistic 3D model of the scenario and records the action continuously as a 3D scenario, detects persons, weapons and other items of equipment (for example protective clothing) and further processes and reproduces them with their anatomical, ballistic, material-typical and optical features as an object module in the 3D model, detects the position and orientation of weapons and the firing thereof, calculates the line of flight of projectiles and replicates them in the 3D model, and, in the case of persons hit by projectiles, calculates the effect of the weapon on the basis of the position of the hit, possibly detected protective clothing. | 02-19-2015 |
20150300766 | Dry Fire Trigger Device - A dry fire trigger device for dry firing a lower receiver of a firearm having a magazine well, a trigger, and a hammer, the dry fire trigger device comprising is provided. The dry fire trigger device includes a lever housing shaped to engage the magazine well of the lower receiver and a lever movably secured to the lever housing. The lever includes a hammer contact portion shaped to contact the hammer of the lower receiver. The hammer contact portion is adjacent the hammer of the lower receiver when the device is secured in the magazine well of the firearm. In a first position the hammer contacts the hammer contact portion of the lever when the trigger is pulled and further wherein the movable lever substantially re-cocks the hammer after the hammer contacts the lever when the lever is moved to a second position. | 10-22-2015 |
20160076848 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING SMALL ARMS FIRE - A system for simulating small arms fire includes a parabolic reflector, a speaker system, an amplifier, and a memory. The speaker system includes a speaker located at the focus of the parabolic reflector. The amplifier is for driving the speaker system. The memory is for storing an audio signal including a muzzle blast signal and a shockwave signal. The controller is configured to cause the amplifier to output the audio signal stored in the memory via the speaker system, thereby simulating the audio effects of firing a firearm. | 03-17-2016 |
20160109206 | Suppressive Gunfire Generator - New forms of suppressive gunfire decoys are provided. In some aspects, a pin-pull device may be used to program and adjust several settings of the decoy devices, activating such devices immediately before deployment. In some aspects, the pin-pull device may serve as a remote control unit. In a preferred method of deployment, the devices are thrown to a location different from that occupied by the user(s), simulating another source of gunfire, distracting and misleading an enemy, and providing the effects of suppressive fire. In some embodiments, a networked computer system(s) may be used as a remote control unit, and the decoy device may include cameras and other sensors for tactical surveillance. In still other aspects, the gunfire decoy device may be capable of locomotion, and may be self-relocating in response to certain commands, or in reaction to stimuli, to confuse the enemy regarding sources of gunfire and troop locations. | 04-21-2016 |
20160116262 | System and Method for Timing Firearm Practice Drills - A practice round is provided for use with an electronic device, such as a smart phone, to allow a user to time firearm practice drills without using live ammunition. Prior to performing a practice drill, the user loads the practice round into the chamber of the firearm similar to a live round. After a short delay, the electronic device provides a start signal and simultaneously starts an electronic timer. In response to the start signal, the user performs the practice drill which ends with the firing pin of the firearm striking the practice round in response to a trigger pull. The practice round senses the strike of the firing pin and stops the electronic timer. The electronic device then displays the elapsed time between the start signal and the strike of the firing pin on the practice round. | 04-28-2016 |
20160138884 | Muzzle Flash Simulator and Method for an Imitation Machine Gun - A muzzle flash from firing a live ammunition round from an actual machine gun is stimulated in an imitation machine gun by locating a LED light source within a flash suppressor attached to a muzzle end of a barrel of the imitation machine gun. When energized, the light source emits a burst of light through vents in the flash suppressor. A plurality of LEDs create the burst of light. | 05-19-2016 |
20160146563 | SIMULATED WEAPON SYSTEM - This invention relates to a Gatling-type machine gun simulated weapon system having a feeder de-linker which is capable of replicating malfunctions including a weapon jamming condition. | 05-26-2016 |
20160153755 | System and Method for Timing Firearm Practice Drills | 06-02-2016 |
20160187095 | Trigger Emulation Mechanism Of Electric Gun - A trigger emulation mechanism of an electric gun is disclosed. When actuated, a trigger assembly causes a retainer assembly to drive the toothed rack element to allow the toothed rack element to operate in combination with a gear shaft assembly to amplify a rotational angle, making the gear shaft assembly drive a striker hammer plate to rotate and allowing the striker hammer plate to drive the striker hammer elastic element to accumulate energy therein. Afterward, the retainer assembly may release the toothed rack element, causing the striker hammer elastic element to force the striker hammer plate to rotate in an opposite direction to strike thus generate sound and vibration, thereby achieving advantages of enhancing the degree of simulation by generating sound and vibration and an idle stroke before firing is initiated and also reducing the size thereof for applications to various models of electric guns. | 06-30-2016 |
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