Patent ID: 9032656
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A trigger assembly comprising: a plurality of components including a trigger shoe configured to disengage a firing mechanism in response to a force applied by a user and including a safety mechanism, the trigger shoe including at least one opening to allow light to pass therethrough and the safety mechanism including a safety lever configured to move between a first position and a second position; a first circuit including at least one optical sensor including a first optical sensor adjacent to the at least one opening to receive light and including a second optical sensor adjacent to the safety mechanism; and a controller configured to determine a positional state of the trigger shoe in response to a signal from the first optical sensor and a physical state of the safety mechanism in response to a signal from the second optical sensor indicating a position of the safety lever, the controller further configured to prevent the trigger shoe from disengaging the firing mechanism when the safety mechanism is in a safety on state and when the safety mechanism is between the safety on state and a safety off state as determined based on the signal from the second optical sensor.