Patent ID: 6286242
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A security apparatus for a firearm including a frame, a power source, a firing chamber adapted to receive a round of ammunition having a primer oriented adjacent a distal end thereof, and a trigger assembly for selectively initiating communication between an ignition system and said primer, said security apparatus comprising:an authorization device for selectively generating a pass signal indicating that an operator of said firearm is an authorized operator;a firearm sensor for selectively generating a control parameter signal indicating an operational mode of said firearm;an electronically programmable locking device for receiving said pass signal and said control parameter signal, wherein said programmable locking device permits communication between said ignition system and said primer only if said authorization device generates said pass signal and said control parameter signal indicates said firearm is in a standby mode; andwherein said security apparatus is contained in a selectively removable module adapted to be inserted into and removable from said firearm.