Patent ID: 6321478
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A firearm adapted to utilize an ammunition round having a non-impact primer adjacent one end thereof, said firearm including a frame, a movable slide assembly, a trigger assembly, a power source, and a control module for selectively permitting communication of an ignition signal from said power source to said non-impact primer, said firearm comprising:an ammunition chamber formed in said movable slide, said chamber being adapted to releasably house said ammunition round;an electrically conductive ignition probe housed within said movable slide, said ignition probe permitting communication of said ignition signal from said power source to said non-impact primer when said ammunition round is disposed in said chamber;a sensor assembly for generating a status signal to said control module indicative of an operational mode of the state of each of said sensors;said control module having a plurality of operational modes each determined from the values of said sensor assembly status signals, including a firing mode corresponding to sensor assembly signals indicating the firearm is authorized and ready to fire, said firing mode established by said control module only after the actuation of the trigger assembly by the firearm operator, said control module permitting generation of said ignition signal in response to an actuation of said trigger assembly only when said firearm is in said firing mode.