Patent ID: 9052153
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: F41A,F41C,F41G

Abstract:
1. A communication connector system for a weapon, the weapon having an upper receiver with electronics associated with the upper receiver, the weapon having a base that includes a lower receiver, the base housing electronics, the upper receiver being coupled to the lower receiver in a closed position and at least partially de-coupled from the lower receiver in an open position, the communication connector system comprising: an upper connector mounted directly only to an exterior side surface of the upper receiver of the weapon, the upper connector communicatively connected to the electronics associated with the upper receiver, the upper connector having a mating interface; and a lower connector communicatively connected to the electronics in the base of the weapon, the lower connector mounted directly only to an exterior side surface of the lower receiver of the weapon, the lower connector having a mating interface that is mated with the mating interface of the upper connector when the upper receiver is in the closed position, wherein the mating interfaces of the upper and lower connectors are physically separable from one another.