Patent ID: 7089844
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A device for electrically controlling an automatic weapon comprising: a housing that is detachably mounted on a side of said weapon; an electric drive motor disposed on or in said housing; an electric control device for controlling said electric drive motor; a threaded spindle that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of said drive motor; a spindle nut that is movable on said threaded spindle out of a starting position, counter to a firing direction, back into an end position; a driver disposed on said spindle nut; a cocking bolt that is guided on said housing and is coupled with a safety catch of said weapon, wherein said driver is disposed on said spindle nut in such a way that said cocking bolt is disposed in a path of movement of said driver and is movable out of a starting position, counter to spring force acting on said safety catch, back into a cocking position in said end position of said spindle nut; and an arresting lever disposed on said housing, wherein said cocking bolt, in said cocking position, is arrested by said arresting lever in said end position of said spindle nut, corresponding to a safety condition of said weapon, and wherein said cocking bolt is released by said spindle nut during advancement of said spindle nut in said starting position thereof, which corresponds to a released safety catch condition of said weapon and leads to an advancement of said cocking bolt and said safety catch of said weapon.