Patent ID: 6360469
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: F41A,F41G

Abstract:
A firearm having an electronic firing apparatus adapted to produce a firing signal, said firearm comprising:a frame with a firing chamber to receive a percussively fired cartridge; a barrel with a firing axis attached to said frame in alignment with said firing chamber; a trigger member; a linearly displaceable firing probe disposed within said frame for linear reciprocal movement from a probe recovered position wherein said firing probe is retracted away from said cartridge, to a probe contacting position wherein said firing probe is disposed forwardly in contact with said cartridge; a security apparatus in electrical communication with said firing probe, said security apparatus being capable of determining an operational mode of said firearm; an authorization assembly for determining whether an operator of said firearm is an authorized operator, said authorization assembly being in electrical communication with said security apparatus; a rotational cylinder and a rachet, said cylinder being rotatably supported on said frame and having a plurality of cartridge chambers displaced in a circular array about a rotational axis of said cylinder, said ratchet having a first end coupled to said trigger member and a second end engageable with said cylinder to index said chambers into alignment with said barrel upon actuation of said trigger member; and wherein actuation of said trigger member causes said firing probe to move from said probe recovered position to said probe contacting position only when said security apparatus determines said firearm is in a firing mode and said operator is said authorized operator.