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2026 juillet 1
2026 (AACJ) 6
2025 15
2024 12
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Classe IPC
F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques 35
F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques 12
F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur 12
F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires 8
G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée 8
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Classe NICE
13 - Armes à feu; explosifs 4
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques 3
41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles 3
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception 2
Statut
En Instance 6
Enregistré / En vigueur 58

1.

Systems and techniques for managing a fleet of user-authenticated guns

      
Numéro d'application 18480262
Numéro de brevet 12687359
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-10-03
Date de la première publication 2026-07-21
Date d'octroi 2026-07-21
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for managing a fleet of user-authenticated guns. A device, such as a configuration device, may determine that an administrator is authorized to configure a gun. The device may generate a user interface including multiple digital assets, where each digital asset of the multiple digital assets represents a respective human user. The device may collect user input from the administrator indicating that a human user, represented by a digital asset of the multiple digital assets, is selected as an authorized operator of the gun. The device may generate a configuration message and transmit the configuration message to the gun, where the configuration message is designed to configure the gun to allow the human user to operate the gun and prevent other human users from operating the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

2.

Systems and techniques for identifying gun events

      
Numéro d'application 18591264
Numéro de brevet 12578158
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-02-29
Date de la première publication 2026-03-17
Date d'octroi 2026-03-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for identifying gun events. A gun event may include a nominal event, such as the discharging of a projectile or the ejecting of a cartridge shell, or an anomalous event, such as a misfire or a failure to feed. An apparatus may include a sensor that measures motion of a gun along multiple axes. The apparatus may identify a gun event based on the measured motion of the gun satisfying a motion condition. The motion condition may include an acceleration threshold value, and the measured motion of the gun may satisfy the motion condition based on a measured acceleration value exceeding the threshold acceleration value. The apparatus may transmit an electrical signal based on the measured motion of the gun satisfying the motion condition. The electrical signal may reset a charging circuit, increment a shot count, or decrement a round count.

Classes IPC  ?

3.

Pistol

      
Numéro d'application 29963829
Numéro de brevet D1114922
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-09-19
Date de la première publication 2026-02-24
Date d'octroi 2026-02-24
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Rogers, Bryan Edward

4.

SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AN ENERGY STORE AT A GUN

      
Numéro d'application 19334231
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-09-19
Date de la première publication 2026-01-15
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Farmer, Samuel James
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for managing an energy store at a gun. The gun may include an energy store management system for securing an energy store, such as a battery pack, within a cavity of the gun. The energy store management system may include a dense brace located at a lower end of the cavity, a compressible brace located at an upper end of the cavity, a lid, a gasket at the upper end of the cavity, and a hinge mechanism configured to close the lid such that the lid forms a seal with the gasket. The interior surface of the cavity may be tapered such that the frictional load between the surface of the energy store and the surface of the cavity is higher at the lower end of the cavity than at the upper end of the cavity.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

5.

TECHNIQUES FOR INDICATING GUN STATE INFORMATION

      
Numéro d'application 19337712
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-09-23
Date de la première publication 2026-01-15
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 19/60 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques caractérisés par les générateurs d'énergie électrique
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur

6.

Systems and techniques for managing incident data

      
Numéro d'application 18500897
Numéro de brevet 12518334
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-11-02
Date de la première publication 2026-01-06
Date d'octroi 2026-01-06
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for generating incident reports. A device, such as a remote device, may receive data including multiple data fields, where a first data field contains a first data value uniquely identifying a gun, and where a second data field contains a second data value identifying a gunshot event. The device may process the data to determine i) a location of the gunshot event and ii) a time of the gunshot event. The device may generate an incident report based on the data, where the incident report indicates a use of force incident, the location of the gunshot event, and the time of the gunshot event. The device may encrypt the incident report using an encryption key to produce an encrypted version of the incident report, and the device may store the encrypted version of the incident report in a database.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06Q 50/26 - Services gouvernementaux ou services publics
  • G06F 7/08 - Tri, c.-à-d. rangement des supports d'enregistrement dans un ordre de succession numérique ou autre, selon la classification d'au moins certaines informations portées sur les supports
  • G06F 21/60 - Protection de données

7.

ELECTROMECHANICAL TRIGGER AND METHODS OF OPERATING A GUN USING THE SAME

      
Numéro d'application 19306747
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-08-21
Date de la première publication 2025-12-25
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/56 - Sûretés de gâchette, c.-à-d. moyens pour neutraliser l'action d'un levier intermédiaire qui transmet le mouvement de la détente au percuteur, au chien, au bloc de culasse ou à la gâchette

8.

GUN ATTACHMENT

      
Numéro d'application 19295464
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-08-08
Date de la première publication 2025-12-04
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 21/32 - Accessoires de bouches de canon ou freins de bouche
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires

9.

Message encoding for weapon communications

      
Numéro d'application 18813431
Numéro de brevet 12475753
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-08-23
Date de la première publication 2025-11-18
Date d'octroi 2025-11-18
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for communicating across electronic components of a device. The device may be a gun, and the device may encode messages to improve the security of the device. The device may obtain a first spreading code, encode, at a first electronic component, a first message according to the first spreading code to produce a first encoded message, transmit the first encoded message from the first electronic component to a second electronic component across a physical communication channel, decode, at the second electronic component, the first encoded message according to the first spreading code, and perform a first action in response to the decoding the first encoded message. The first action may include discharging electric charge from a capacitor bank, charging the capacitor bank, firing a projectile, arming the device, disarming the device, or transmitting data across an additional communication channel.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/37 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée ne comportant pas l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix

10.

Techniques for determining a grip layout to improve gun ergonomics

      
Numéro d'application 18777979
Numéro de brevet 12422216
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-07-19
Date de la première publication 2025-09-23
Date d'octroi 2025-09-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kramer, Jules Woolf
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Thomson, Shayna Rochelle-Ann
  • Ward, William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining a grip layout for a gun. The techniques include obtaining an image depicting a hand, obtaining calibration data associated with the image, calculating a real distance between a first landmark of the hand and a second landmark of the hand, and determining a grip layout for the gun based on the real distance between the first landmark and the second landmark. Calibration data may include a scale for the image or data that may be used to derive the scale, such as an object of known dimensions, an angular field of view, or a distance between the device used to capture the image and the hand. The grip layout may include a backstrap size, a sensor size, a sensor location on the gun, or any combination thereof.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 23/10 - Bipieds réglables
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41C 23/10 - Crosses ou poignées pour pistolets, p. ex. pour revolvers
  • G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p. ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétonsParties du corps, p. ex. mains

11.

Docking station for an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 18584825
Numéro de brevet 12424038
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-02-22
Date de la première publication 2025-09-23
Date d'octroi 2025-09-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Ward, William
  • Kramer, Jules Woolf

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides system and techniques that allow a device to be coupled with an electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may be physically coupled with a cradle of the device, and the electromechanical gun may be communicatively coupled with an electrical interface of the device. The device may include a display mechanism that is capable of visually conveying information, a power source configured to supply power to the display mechanism, an electrical interface configured to be coupled with an electromechanical gun so as to allow power to be directed from the power source to the electromechanical gun, and a processor configured to process incoming messages received from the electromechanical gun and transmit outgoing messages to the electromechanical gun. The processor may perform a handshake procedure with the electromechanical gun, and the processor may process the incoming messages or transmit the outgoing messages based on the handshake procedure.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41C 33/00 - Dispositions pour le port ou le transport d'armes individuelles
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41C 27/00 - AccessoiresDétails ou organes adaptables, non prévus ailleurs
  • F41C 33/06 - Boîtes pour transporter des armes à feu individuelles, p. ex. boîtes de sécurité, gaines de fusils
  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée

12.

SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING BIOMETRIC DATA AT AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN

      
Numéro d'application 18972408
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-12-06
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Ekel, Patrick Eduard Moffitt

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating biometric data while protecting user privacy. Aspects of the present disclosure include collecting biometric query data at a biometric sensor of the gun, generating a set of query features from the biometric query data, each query feature of the set of query features including a first number of dimensions, generating a projection matrix, each element of the projection matrix being drawn independently from an identical distribution having zero mean and unit variance, transforming the set of query features into a transformed set of query features according to the projection matrix, retrieving a transformed set of enrollment features from memory of the gun, identifying a data match based on the transformed set of query features and the transformed set of enrollment features satisfying a similarity threshold, and unlocking the gun in response to the identifying the data match.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • G07C 9/26 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité du titulaire du laissez-passer utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix utilisant un capteur biométrique intégré au laissez-passer
  • G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p. ex. des cartes à puce

13.

Systems and techniques for testing a gun

      
Numéro d'application 17541862
Numéro de brevet 12372320
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2021-12-03
Date de la première publication 2025-07-29
Date d'octroi 2025-07-29
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for testing guns by simulating firing a round of live ammunition. A striker may be used to apply force onto a gun, and one or more compressible rods may be used to modulate the application of force onto the gun. A system may include a striking mechanism configured for displacement along an arcuate path of travel that includes a first compressible rod, a second compressible rod coupled with a first component of the gun, an attachment mechanism coupled with a second component of the gun such that the second compressible rod is located in the arcuate path of travel, and a backstop mechanism coupled with the attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism may stably hold the gun and the backstop mechanism may accommodate planar movement of the attachment mechanism, so as to simulate a shooter holding the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 31/00 - Dispositions pour test
  • G01L 5/00 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques

14.

Fire control mechanism

      
Numéro d'application 18619856
Numéro de brevet 12372319
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-03-28
Date de la première publication 2025-07-29
Date d'octroi 2025-07-29
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Farmer, Samuel James
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Seang, Boramy
  • Jebsen, Samuel
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for a fire control mechanism that is implementable in a gun. The fire control mechanism is operable to cause projectiles to be fired by the gun. The gun may include a trigger, a barrel defining a bore axis, a firing component, and an actuator configured to i) obstruct the firing component while in a default position and ii) be displaced in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the bore axis in response to movement of the trigger, where displacement in the direction that is substantially perpendicular to the bore axis causes the firing component to be released and results in the gun firing a projectile. The gun may include an energy store located below the barrel when the gun is in an upright position, and the actuator may be displaced based on the energy store.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/10 - DétentesLeur montage
  • F41A 19/13 - Percuteurs, c.-à-d. pièces de percussion fixes ou coulissantesLeur montage
  • F41A 19/58 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques

15.

GRIP COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN

      
Numéro d'application 19011177
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-01-06
Date de la première publication 2025-07-10
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining whether a user is holding a gun. The gun may include a sensor, such as a laser proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a load cell, an accelerometer, or a biometric sensor, and the gun may determine whether a user is holding the gun based on an output generated by the sensor. A processor housed in the gun may identify activation of a proximity sensor, determine that a user is holding the gun based on the activation of the proximity sensor, and perform an action in response to determining that the user is holding the gun. The action performed by the processor may include performing a boot procedure, performing a health check procedure, visually indicating state information about the gun, audibly indicating state information about the gun, or tactilely indicating state information about the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41C 23/10 - Crosses ou poignées pour pistolets, p. ex. pour revolvers
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G01S 15/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01S 17/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01V 3/08 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection
  • G01V 3/10 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection en utilisant des cadres inducteurs

16.

Systems and techniques for improving battery life in an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 18501586
Numéro de brevet 12332716
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-11-03
Date de la première publication 2025-06-17
Date d'octroi 2025-06-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for reducing power consumption at an electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may transition to an inactive state to reduce power consumption, and the electromechanical gun may transition to an active state to perform a system check procedure or to allow a projectile to be fired from the electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may identify a sleep event based on an analysis of an output of a first electronic component, compute an estimated time duration based on an amount of electric charge remaining in the energy store, set a sleep timer according to the estimated time duration, and transition to the inactive state by terminating a power supply of a second electronic component. The electromechanical gun may transition to the active state in response to the sleep timer elapsing or a second output indicating that a user is touching the electromechanical gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06F 1/32 - Moyens destinés à économiser de l'énergie
  • G06F 1/3212 - Surveillance du niveau de charge de la batterie, p. ex. un mode d’économie d’énergie étant activé lorsque la tension de la batterie descend sous un certain niveau
  • G06F 1/3231 - Surveillance de la présence, de l’absence ou du mouvement des utilisateurs
  • G06F 1/3287 - Économie d’énergie caractérisée par l'action entreprise par la mise hors tension d’une unité fonctionnelle individuelle dans un ordinateur

17.

Weapon slide cover

      
Numéro d'application 18605286
Numéro de brevet 12332010
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-03-14
Date de la première publication 2025-06-17
Date d'octroi 2025-06-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun. The gun may include or be coupled with a slide cover. The slide cover may include a first slide cover recess along a latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the first slide cover recess comprising a first cavity of a first portion of the slide cover and a first cavity of a second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a second slide cover recess along the latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the second slide cover recess comprising a second cavity of the first portion of the slide cover and a second cavity of the second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a first retainer coupling a sight component with the slide cover such that a longitudinal axis of the sight component is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the slide cover.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 3/72 - Leviers ou poignées d'armementLeur montage sur les blocs de culasse
  • F41A 3/66 - Boîtes ou châssis de culasseCarcasses
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires

18.

Techniques for dynamically managing a gun component

      
Numéro d'application 18409504
Numéro de brevet 12333876
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-01-10
Date de la première publication 2025-06-17
Date d'octroi 2025-06-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for dynamically operating a peripheral component of a gun, such as a flashlight, an electronic sight, or a haptic motor. The gun may perform an authentication procedure to identify a user operating the gun, retrieve a configuration file from memory housed in the gun in response to the authentication procedure, and perform a function at the peripheral component based on the configuration file indicating that the function is to be performed for the user. The gun may collect authentication data, such as biometric data or token data, and the gun may identify the user operating the gun based on the authentication data. The user operating the gun may be identified in response to matching the collected authentication data to authentication data stored in the memory, and the gun may determine the function based on the configuration file indicating the function for the user.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • F41A 9/62 - Chargeurs ou magasins munis de dispositifs indiquant le nombre de cartouches restant dans le chargeur, p. ex. indication de la dernière cartouche
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 1/35 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur pour éclairer la cible

19.

Electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 18894339
Numéro de brevet 12584705
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-09-24
Date de la première publication 2025-06-12
Date d'octroi 2026-03-24
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and techniques that can be implemented at a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may include a barrel located within a slide and a cylindrical spring enveloping the barrel. The barrel may be configured to act as a guide rod for the cylindrical spring, and the cylindrical spring may be configured to bias the slide in a forward battery position. The gun may include an electronic component such as an energy store, a processor, or a circuit board, located under the barrel and forward of the trigger when the gun is in an upright position. The gun may include a physical transmission medium that electronically couples the electronic component with an additional electronic component located rearward of the trigger, and the physical transmission medium may be at least partially encapsulated by a trigger guard.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 3/88 - Amortisseurs à ressort à boudin montés autour du tube de l'arme
  • F41A 17/46 - Sûretés de détente, c.-à-d. moyens pour prévenir le mouvement de la détente

20.

Techniques for indicating gun state information

      
Numéro d'application 18784366
Numéro de brevet 12455131
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-07-25
Date de la première publication 2025-05-29
Date d'octroi 2025-10-28
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/60 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques caractérisés par les générateurs d'énergie électrique
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur

21.

Electronic fire control system and methods of operating the same

      
Numéro d'application 18965661
Numéro de brevet 12663231
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-02
Date de la première publication 2025-03-20
Date d'octroi 2026-06-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques

22.

Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

      
Numéro d'application 18538211
Numéro de brevet 12566038
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-12-13
Date de la première publication 2024-10-17
Date d'octroi 2026-03-03
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

23.

Pistol

      
Numéro d'application 29869795
Numéro de brevet D1046052
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-01-09
Date de la première publication 2024-10-08
Date d'octroi 2024-10-08
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Rogers, Bryan Edward

24.

Pistol

      
Numéro d'application 29871390
Numéro de brevet D1044994
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-02-17
Date de la première publication 2024-10-01
Date d'octroi 2024-10-01
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Rogers, Bryan Edward

25.

Message encoding for weapon communications

      
Numéro d'application 17931247
Numéro de brevet 12080118
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-09-12
Date de la première publication 2024-09-03
Date d'octroi 2024-09-03
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for communicating across electronic components of a device. The device may be a gun, and the device may encode messages to improve the security of the device. The device may obtain a first spreading code, encode, at a first electronic component, a first message according to the first spreading code to produce a first encoded message, transmit the first encoded message from the first electronic component to a second electronic component across a physical communication channel, decode, at the second electronic component, the first encoded message according to the first spreading code, and perform a first action in response to the decoding the first encoded message. The first action may include discharging electric charge from a capacitor bank, charging the capacitor bank, firing a projectile, arming the device, disarming the device, or transmitting data across an additional communication channel.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G07C 9/37 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée ne comportant pas l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

26.

Gun attachment

      
Numéro d'application 18586304
Numéro de brevet 12385710
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-02-23
Date de la première publication 2024-07-25
Date d'octroi 2025-08-12
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 21/32 - Accessoires de bouches de canon ou freins de bouche
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons

27.

Techniques for determining a grip layout to improve gun ergonomics

      
Numéro d'application 18150438
Numéro de brevet 12044501
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-01-05
Date de la première publication 2024-07-23
Date d'octroi 2024-07-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kramer, Jules Woolf
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Thomson, Shayna Rochelle-Ann
  • Ward, William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining a grip layout for a gun. The techniques include obtaining an image depicting a hand, obtaining calibration data associated with the image, calculating a real distance between a first landmark of the hand and a second landmark of the hand, and determining a grip layout for the gun based on the real distance between the first landmark and the second landmark. Calibration data may include a scale for the image or data that may be used to derive the scale, such as an object of known dimensions, an angular field of view, or a distance between the device used to capture the image and the hand. The grip layout may include a backstrap size, a sensor size, a sensor location on the gun, or any combination thereof.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41C 23/10 - Crosses ou poignées pour pistolets, p. ex. pour revolvers
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p. ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétonsParties du corps, p. ex. mains

28.

Threaded gun attachment

      
Numéro d'application 18586323
Numéro de brevet 12663233
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-02-23
Date de la première publication 2024-07-18
Date d'octroi 2026-06-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 21/32 - Accessoires de bouches de canon ou freins de bouche
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons

29.

Monitoring energy discharge in a fire control system

      
Numéro d'application 17813431
Numéro de brevet 12007187
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-07-19
Date de la première publication 2024-06-11
Date d'octroi 2024-06-11
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for monitoring the transfer of electric charge and determining whether a threshold amount of electric charge has been transferred. Aspects of the present disclosure may be performed by a fire control system, and the fire control system may be implemented in a gun. The fire control system may generate an integrated voltage using an integrator to integrate a current induced voltage that is present across a resistor, compare the integrated voltage against a reference voltage to determine whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage, and generate an output voltage that indicates whether the integrated voltage exceeds the reference voltage. The output voltage may be generated based on comparing the integrated voltage against the reference voltage using a comparator circuit, and the reference voltage may correspond to a threshold amount of electric charge.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/60 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques caractérisés par les générateurs d'énergie électrique
  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • G01R 29/24 - Dispositions pour mesurer des quantités de charge

30.

User authentication at an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 18431770
Numéro de brevet 12332005
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-02-02
Date de la première publication 2024-05-30
Date d'octroi 2025-06-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating a user at gun. The gun may include an authentication manager capable of implementing logic, processing signals, or executing instructions. The authentication manager may receive first query data from a first authentication sensor of the gun, receive second query data from a second authentication sensor of the gun, perform an authentication procedure to determine whether the first query data or the second query data matches enrollment data, where a match is determined based on the first query data or the second query data and the enrollment data satisfying a similarity threshold. The authentication manager may determine that the user is authorized to operate the gun and transmit a signal in response to the determining that the user is authorized to operate the gun. The signal may cause the gun to enter an active state which allows the gun to be fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • G07C 9/26 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité du titulaire du laissez-passer utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix utilisant un capteur biométrique intégré au laissez-passer
  • G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p. ex. des cartes à puce

31.

Weapon slide cover

      
Numéro d'application 17810884
Numéro de brevet 11933570
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-07-06
Date de la première publication 2024-03-19
Date d'octroi 2024-03-19
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun. The gun may include or be coupled with a slide cover. The slide cover may include a first slide cover recess along a latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the first slide cover recess comprising a first cavity of a first portion of the slide cover and a first cavity of a second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a second slide cover recess along the latitudinal axis of the slide cover, the second slide cover recess comprising a second cavity of the first portion of the slide cover and a second cavity of the second portion of the slide cover. The slide cover may include a first retainer coupling a sight component with the slide cover such that a longitudinal axis of the sight component is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the slide cover.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 3/72 - Leviers ou poignées d'armementLeur montage sur les blocs de culasse
  • F41A 3/66 - Boîtes ou châssis de culasseCarcasses
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires

32.

Systems and techniques for identifying gun events

      
Numéro d'application 17822921
Numéro de brevet 11920881
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-08-29
Date de la première publication 2024-03-05
Date d'octroi 2024-03-05
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for identifying gun events. A gun event may include a nominal event, such as the discharging of a projectile or the ejecting of a cartridge shell, or an anomalous event, such as a misfire or a failure to feed. An apparatus may include a sensor that measures motion of a gun along multiple axes. The apparatus may identify a gun event based on the measured motion of the gun satisfying a motion condition. The motion condition may include an acceleration threshold value, and the measured motion of the gun may satisfy the motion condition based on a measured acceleration value exceeding the threshold acceleration value. The apparatus may transmit an electrical signal based on the measured motion of the gun satisfying the motion condition. The electrical signal may reset a charging circuit, increment a shot count, or decrement a round count.

Classes IPC  ?

33.

Techniques for dynamically managing a gun component

      
Numéro d'application 17661000
Numéro de brevet 11900742
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de la première publication 2024-02-13
Date d'octroi 2024-02-13
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for dynamically operating a peripheral component of a gun, such as a flashlight, an electronic sight, or a haptic motor. The gun may perform an authentication procedure to identify a user operating the gun, retrieve a configuration file from memory housed in the gun in response to the authentication procedure, and perform a function at the peripheral component based on the configuration file indicating that the function is to be performed for the user. The gun may collect authentication data, such as biometric data or token data, and the gun may identify the user operating the gun based on the authentication data. The user operating the gun may be identified in response to matching the collected authentication data to authentication data stored in the memory, and the gun may determine the function based on the configuration file indicating the function for the user.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 9/62 - Chargeurs ou magasins munis de dispositifs indiquant le nombre de cartouches restant dans le chargeur, p. ex. indication de la dernière cartouche
  • F41G 1/35 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur pour éclairer la cible
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur

34.

Weapon magazine retainer

      
Numéro d'application 17806861
Numéro de brevet 11852429
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-06-14
Date de la première publication 2023-12-26
Date d'octroi 2023-12-26
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun. The gun may include a magazine retainer that is capable of retaining a magazine within a magazine well of the gun, and the magazine retainer may be operable to controllably release the magazine from the magazine well on demand. The magazine retainer may include a first paddle extending radially in a first direction from an axis of rotation, a second paddle extending radially in the first direction from the axis of rotation, where the axis of rotation is defined through a transverse member of the second paddle, and a catch extending radially in a second direction from the axis of rotation, where the catch is coupled with both the first paddle and the second paddle such that rotating the first paddle or the second paddle results in displacement of the catch.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/38 - Sûretés de chargeur pour bloquer le chargeur sur l'arme à feu
  • F41A 9/61 - Chargeurs ou magasins

35.

Systems for managing an energy store at a gun

      
Numéro d'application 18333206
Numéro de brevet 12442609
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-06-12
Date de la première publication 2023-12-14
Date d'octroi 2025-10-14
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Farmer, Samuel James
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for managing an energy store at a gun. The gun may include an energy store management system for securing an energy store, such as a battery pack, within a cavity of the gun. The energy store management system may include a dense brace located at a lower end of the cavity, a compressible brace located at an upper end of the cavity, a lid, a gasket at the upper end of the cavity, and a hinge mechanism configured to close the lid such that the lid forms a seal with the gasket. The interior surface of the cavity may be tapered such that the frictional load between the surface of the energy store and the surface of the cavity is higher at the lower end of the cavity than at the upper end of the cavity.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

36.

Systems and techniques for improving battery life in an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17662936
Numéro de brevet 11822413
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-05-11
Date de la première publication 2023-11-21
Date d'octroi 2023-11-21
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for reducing power consumption at an electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may transition to an inactive state to reduce power consumption, and the electromechanical gun may transition to an active state to perform a system check procedure or to allow a projectile to be fired from the electromechanical gun. The electromechanical gun may identify a sleep event based on an analysis of an output of a first electronic component, compute an estimated time duration based on an amount of electric charge remaining in the energy store, set a sleep timer according to the estimated time duration, and transition to the inactive state by terminating a power supply of a second electronic component. The electromechanical gun may transition to the active state in response to the sleep timer elapsing or a second output indicating that a user is touching the electromechanical gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06F 1/32 - Moyens destinés à économiser de l'énergie
  • G06F 1/3212 - Surveillance du niveau de charge de la batterie, p. ex. un mode d’économie d’énergie étant activé lorsque la tension de la batterie descend sous un certain niveau
  • G06F 1/3287 - Économie d’énergie caractérisée par l'action entreprise par la mise hors tension d’une unité fonctionnelle individuelle dans un ordinateur
  • G06F 1/3231 - Surveillance de la présence, de l’absence ou du mouvement des utilisateurs

37.

Techniques for indicating gun state information

      
Numéro d'application 18309214
Numéro de brevet 12050070
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-04-28
Date de la première publication 2023-10-05
Date d'octroi 2024-07-30
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur

38.

Systems and techniques for managing biometric data at an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17935330
Numéro de brevet 12196511
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-09-26
Date de la première publication 2023-09-28
Date d'octroi 2025-01-14
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Ekel, Patrick Eduard Moffitt

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating biometric data while protecting user privacy. Aspects of the present disclosure include collecting biometric query data at a biometric sensor of the gun, generating a set of query features from the biometric query data, each query feature of the set of query features including a first number of dimensions, generating a projection matrix, each element of the projection matrix being drawn independently from an identical distribution having zero mean and unit variance, transforming the set of query features into a transformed set of query features according to the projection matrix, retrieving a transformed set of enrollment features from memory of the gun, identifying a data match based on the transformed set of query features and the transformed set of enrollment features satisfying a similarity threshold, and unlocking the gun in response to the identifying the data match.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • G07C 9/26 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité du titulaire du laissez-passer utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix utilisant un capteur biométrique intégré au laissez-passer
  • G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p. ex. des cartes à puce

39.

B

      
Numéro de série 98157813
Statut Enregistrée
Date de dépôt 2023-08-30
Date d'enregistrement 2024-12-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. ()
Classes de Nice  ?
  • 13 - Armes à feu; explosifs
  • 09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
  • 41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles
  • 42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception

Produits et services

Smart guns; smart guns, namely, firearms such as handguns and long guns that are connected to a computer network, so as to allow users to be authenticated prior to use; gun attachments, namely, trigger safety devices incorporating a fingerprint recognition scanner to be used to determine the identity of a user; triggers for guns; smart guns featuring fingerprint recognition technology integrated in or near the grip; integrated firearm trigger device that is designed to work in conjunction with the existing mechanical and electrical systems of a smart gun to permit or restrict use based on whether a user is authenticated; smart guns featuring biometric security technology; gun safety device in the nature of a trigger lock; gun safety device in the nature of a trigger lock that is governed by a fingerprint recognition scanner Software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for use in determining and verifying the identity of a user; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for use in restricting discharge of those smart guns to authorized users; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for monitoring use of those smart guns and cataloging instances of use; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for determining, in real time, whether users are authenticated to use those smart guns and permitting use by authenticated users; electronic docking stations for smart guns; electronic docking stations for verifying the identity of users of smart guns; electronic docking stations for managing biometric sensors for use in smart gun authorization; biometric sensors for use in smart gun authorization Online journals, namely, blogs featuring gun safety information; online journals, namely, blogs featuring information regarding user authorization of guns Identity verification services in the nature of providing authentication of personal identification information, namely, providing authentication services that utilize biometric sensors and software to verify the identities of users of smart guns; authentication services that utilize biometric sensors and software to verify the identities of users of smart guns; authentication services that utilize biometric sensors and software to restrict discharge of smart guns to authorized users; technical support services, namely, troubleshooting of software programs; troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing hardware and software problems relating to smart guns; scientific research in the field of gun safety; providing online, non-downloadable software for use with smart guns, for managing biometric sensors for use in determining and verifying the identity of a user; providing online, non-downloadable software for use with smart guns, for determining, in real time, whether to authenticate users of those smart guns; providing authentication services that utilize biometric sensors and software to verify the identities of users of smart guns

40.

Electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 18180709
Numéro de brevet 12111125
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-03-08
Date de la première publication 2023-08-03
Date d'octroi 2024-10-08
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and techniques that can be implemented at a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may include a barrel located within a slide and a cylindrical spring enveloping the barrel. The barrel may be configured to act as a guide rod for the cylindrical spring, and the cylindrical spring may be configured to bias the slide in a forward battery position. The gun may include an electronic component such as an energy store, a processor, or a circuit board, located under the barrel and forward of the trigger when the gun is in an upright position. The gun may include a physical transmission medium that electronically couples the electronic component with an additional electronic component located rearward of the trigger, and the physical transmission medium may be at least partially encapsulated by a trigger guard.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 3/88 - Amortisseurs à ressort à boudin montés autour du tube de l'arme
  • F41A 17/46 - Sûretés de détente, c.-à-d. moyens pour prévenir le mouvement de la détente

41.

Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same

      
Numéro d'application 18066075
Numéro de brevet 12416462
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-12-14
Date de la première publication 2023-04-13
Date d'octroi 2025-09-16
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/56 - Sûretés de gâchette, c.-à-d. moyens pour neutraliser l'action d'un levier intermédiaire qui transmet le mouvement de la détente au percuteur, au chien, au bloc de culasse ou à la gâchette

42.

ELECTRONIC FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME

      
Numéro d'application US2022072482
Numéro de publication 2023/028385
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-05-20
Date de publication 2023-03-02
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 17/28 - Sûretés de crosse ou de poignée, c.-à-d. sûretés libérées en saisissant la crosse ou la poignée agissant sur la gâchette
  • F41A 17/56 - Sûretés de gâchette, c.-à-d. moyens pour neutraliser l'action d'un levier intermédiaire qui transmet le mouvement de la détente au percuteur, au chien, au bloc de culasse ou à la gâchette
  • F41A 19/58 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques
  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 19/60 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques caractérisés par les générateurs d'énergie électrique

43.

Electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17661243
Numéro de brevet 11624575
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-28
Date de la première publication 2023-01-19
Date d'octroi 2023-04-11
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and techniques that can be implemented at a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may include a barrel located within a slide and a cylindrical spring enveloping the barrel. The barrel may be configured to act as a guide rod for the cylindrical spring, and the cylindrical spring may be configured to bias the slide in a forward battery position. The gun may include an electronic component such as an energy store, a processor, or a circuit board, located under the barrel and forward of the trigger when the gun is in an upright position. The gun may include a physical transmission medium that electronically couples the electronic component with an additional electronic component located rearward of the trigger, and the physical transmission medium may be at least partially encapsulated by a trigger guard.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 17/46 - Sûretés de détente, c.-à-d. moyens pour prévenir le mouvement de la détente
  • F41A 3/88 - Amortisseurs à ressort à boudin montés autour du tube de l'arme

44.

Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

      
Numéro d'application 17933810
Numéro de brevet 11846478
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-09-20
Date de la première publication 2023-01-12
Date d'octroi 2023-12-19
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

45.

Electronic fire control system and methods of operating the same

      
Numéro d'application 17664376
Numéro de brevet 12158318
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-05-20
Date de la première publication 2022-11-24
Date d'octroi 2024-12-03
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques that can be implemented in a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may charge a capacitor bank, identify a trigger break based on an output generated by a trigger sensor, and transmit a signal based on the trigger break. Transmitting the signal may result in the capacitor bank discharging electric charge such that electric current is directed at an actuator mechanism so as to cause displacement of the actuator mechanism, and the displacement of the actuator mechanism may result in the propulsion of a projectile through a barrel of the gun. The gun may determine that a projectile has been fired based on an output of an accelerometer or a gyroscope, and the gun may recharge the capacitor bank in response to determining that the projectile has been fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques

46.

Systems and techniques for determining whether a user is holding a gun

      
Numéro d'application 17661019
Numéro de brevet 12320614
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de la première publication 2022-11-03
Date d'octroi 2025-06-03
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining whether a user is holding a gun. The gun may include a sensor, such as a laser proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a load cell, an accelerometer, or a biometric sensor, and the gun may determine whether a user is holding the gun based on an output generated by the sensor. A processor housed in the gun may identify activation of a proximity sensor, determine that a user is holding the gun based on the activation of the proximity sensor, and perform an action in response to determining that the user is holding the gun. The action performed by the processor may include performing a boot procedure, performing a health check procedure, visually indicating state information about the gun, audibly indicating state information about the gun, or tactilely indicating state information about the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41C 23/10 - Crosses ou poignées pour pistolets, p. ex. pour revolvers
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G01S 15/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01S 17/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01V 3/08 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection
  • G01V 3/10 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection en utilisant des cadres inducteurs

47.

SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A USER IS HOLDING A GUN

      
Numéro d'application US2022071960
Numéro de publication 2022/232804
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de publication 2022-11-03
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining whether a user is holding a gun. The gun may include a sensor, such as a laser proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a load cell, an accelerometer, or a biometric sensor, and the gun may determine whether a user is holding the gun based on an output generated by the sensor. A processor housed in the gun may identify activation of a proximity sensor, determine that a user is holding the gun based on the activation of the proximity sensor, and perform an action in response to determining that the user is holding the gun. The action performed by the processor may include performing a boot procedure, performing a health check procedure, visually indicating state information about the gun, audibly indicating state information about the gun, or tactilely indicating state information about the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G06F 21/32 - Authentification de l’utilisateur par données biométriques, p. ex. empreintes digitales, balayages de l’iris ou empreintes vocales

48.

GUN ATTACHMENT

      
Numéro d'application US2022071959
Numéro de publication 2022/232803
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de publication 2022-11-03
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons
  • F41G 1/35 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur pour éclairer la cible
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires

49.

ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN

      
Numéro d'application US2022071990
Numéro de publication 2022/232821
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-28
Date de publication 2022-11-03
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and techniques that can be implemented at a gun, such as an electromechanical gun. The gun may include a barrel located within a slide and a cylindrical spring enveloping the barrel. The barrel may be configured to act as a guide rod for the cylindrical spring, and the cylindrical spring may be configured to bias the slide in a forward battery position. The gun may include an electronic component such as an energy store, a processor, or a circuit board, located under the barrel and forward of the trigger when the gun is in an upright position. The gun may include a physical transmission medium that electronically couples the electronic component with an additional electronic component located rearward of the trigger, and the physical transmission medium may be at least partially encapsulated by a trigger guard.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41A 3/88 - Amortisseurs à ressort à boudin montés autour du tube de l'arme
  • F41A 17/46 - Sûretés de détente, c.-à-d. moyens pour prévenir le mouvement de la détente
  • F41A 21/18 - CanneluresRayures
  • F41A 33/02 - Armes émettant une projection lumineuse ou un rayonnement

50.

Gun attachment

      
Numéro d'application 17661002
Numéro de brevet 11913744
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de la première publication 2022-10-27
Date d'octroi 2024-02-27
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 21/32 - Accessoires de bouches de canon ou freins de bouche
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets

51.

Threaded gun attachment

      
Numéro d'application 17661008
Numéro de brevet 12044496
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de la première publication 2022-10-27
Date d'octroi 2024-07-23
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an attachment that can be fastened to a gun. The attachment may include a top surface having a longitudinal axis and an aiming sight that is parallel with the longitudinal axis, a front surface having a latitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the front surface including a muzzle aperture, a left surface, a right surface, and a fastening system. The fastening system may include a first mounting aperture of the left surface, a second mounting aperture of the right surface, and a locking pin capable of being positioned in the first mounting aperture and in the second mounting aperture such that the locking pin fastens the attachment to the gun. The attachment may be fastened to the gun such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with a longitudinal bore axis of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 21/32 - Accessoires de bouches de canon ou freins de bouche
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur
  • F41G 11/00 - Parties constitutives des appareils de pointage ou de viséeAccessoires
  • F41C 3/00 - Pistolets
  • F41G 1/02 - Guidons

52.

Grip component for an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17661022
Numéro de brevet 12188742
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-04-27
Date de la première publication 2022-10-27
Date d'octroi 2025-01-07
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining whether a user is holding a gun. The gun may include a sensor, such as a laser proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a load cell, an accelerometer, or a biometric sensor, and the gun may determine whether a user is holding the gun based on an output generated by the sensor. A processor housed in the gun may identify activation of a proximity sensor, determine that a user is holding the gun based on the activation of the proximity sensor, and perform an action in response to determining that the user is holding the gun. The action performed by the processor may include performing a boot procedure, performing a health check procedure, visually indicating state information about the gun, audibly indicating state information about the gun, or tactilely indicating state information about the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41C 23/10 - Crosses ou poignées pour pistolets, p. ex. pour revolvers
  • G01S 15/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01S 17/04 - Systèmes de détermination de la présence d'une cible
  • G01V 3/08 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection
  • G01V 3/10 - Prospection ou détection électrique ou magnétiqueMesure des caractéristiques du champ magnétique de la terre, p. ex. de la déclinaison ou de la déviation fonctionnant au moyen de champs magnétiques ou électriques produits ou modifiés par les objets ou les structures géologiques, ou par les dispositifs de détection en utilisant des cadres inducteurs

53.

ELECTROMECHANICAL TRIGGER AND METHODS OF OPERATING A GUN USING THE SAME

      
Numéro d'application US2022071231
Numéro de publication 2022/226454
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-18
Date de publication 2022-10-27
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Wilding, Joseph ray
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/72 - Sûretés de percuteur, c.-à-d. moyens pour prévenir le mouvement des pièces de percussion coulissantes commandées par la détente, c.-à-d. dans lesquelles le mouvement de la détente met la sûreté de percuteur hors fonction pendant le tir
  • F41A 19/10 - DétentesLeur montage
  • F41A 19/31 - Mécanismes de gâchette
  • F41A 19/58 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électriques
  • F41A 19/69 - Contacts ou interrupteurs électriques spécialement adaptés
  • F41A 19/70 - Électrodes d'allumageLeur montage

54.

Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same

      
Numéro d'application 17655530
Numéro de brevet 11555663
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-18
Date de la première publication 2022-10-20
Date d'octroi 2023-01-17
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/56 - Sûretés de gâchette, c.-à-d. moyens pour neutraliser l'action d'un levier intermédiaire qui transmet le mouvement de la détente au percuteur, au chien, au bloc de culasse ou à la gâchette

55.

Systems and techniques for managing biometric data at an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17656396
Numéro de brevet 11514735
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-24
Date de la première publication 2022-10-06
Date d'octroi 2022-11-29
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Ekel, Patrick Eduard Moffitt

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating biometric data while protecting user privacy. Aspects of the present disclosure include collecting biometric query data at a biometric sensor of the gun, generating a set of query features from the biometric query data, each query feature of the set of query features including a first number of dimensions, generating a projection matrix, each element of the projection matrix being drawn independently from an identical distribution having zero mean and unit variance, transforming the set of query features into a transformed set of query features according to the projection matrix, retrieving a transformed set of enrollment features from memory of the gun, identifying a data match based on the transformed set of query features and the transformed set of enrollment features satisfying a similarity threshold, and unlocking the gun in response to the identifying the data match.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/26 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité du titulaire du laissez-passer utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix utilisant un capteur biométrique intégré au laissez-passer
  • G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p. ex. des cartes à puce

56.

Techniques for indicating gun state information

      
Numéro d'application 17211760
Numéro de brevet 11674767
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2021-03-24
Date de la première publication 2022-09-29
Date d'octroi 2023-06-13
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • F41G 1/34 - Appareils de visée de nuit, p. ex. luminescents combinés à une source lumineuse, p. ex. projecteur

57.

ELECTROMECHANICAL SEAR AND METHODS OF OPERATING A GUN USING THE SAME

      
Numéro d'application US2022071229
Numéro de publication 2022/204665
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-18
Date de publication 2022-09-29
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Wilding, Joseph ray
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/12 - GâchettesLeur montage
  • F41A 19/31 - Mécanismes de gâchette
  • F41A 17/28 - Sûretés de crosse ou de poignée, c.-à-d. sûretés libérées en saisissant la crosse ou la poignée agissant sur la gâchette
  • F41A 17/82 - Sûretés de chien, c.-à-d. moyens pour empêcher le chien de heurter la cartouche ou le percuteur coulissant commandées par la détente, c.-à-d. dans lesquelles le mouvement de la détente met la sûreté de chien hors fonction pendant le tir

58.

Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

      
Numéro d'application 17655527
Numéro de brevet 11473866
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-18
Date de la première publication 2022-09-29
Date d'octroi 2022-10-18
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Falcone, Sara Elizabeth
  • Lund, Katherine Joanne
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Dwyer, Benjamin William
  • Owens, Christopher James
  • Wilding, Joseph Ray
  • Brakora, Karl Fredrick
  • Tomasik, John Andrew

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 19/59 - Mécanismes de mise à feu électromécaniques, c.-à-d. dans lesquels une pièce de percussion mécanique est mue ou libérée par des moyens électriques
  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques

59.

User authentication at an electromechanical gun

      
Numéro d'application 17656321
Numéro de brevet 11892254
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-24
Date de la première publication 2022-09-29
Date d'octroi 2024-02-06
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy Joel
  • Owens, Christopher James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating a user at gun. The gun may include an authentication manager capable of implementing logic, processing signals, or executing instructions. The authentication manager may receive first query data from a first authentication sensor of the gun, receive second query data from a second authentication sensor of the gun, perform an authentication procedure to determine whether the first query data or the second query data matches enrollment data, where a match is determined based on the first query data or the second query data and the enrollment data satisfying a similarity threshold. The authentication manager may determine that the user is authorized to operate the gun and transmit a signal in response to the determining that the user is authorized to operate the gun. The signal may cause the gun to enter an active state which allows the gun to be fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G07C 9/26 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer combiné à une vérification d’identité du titulaire du laissez-passer utilisant des données biométriques, p. ex. des empreintes digitales, un balayage de l’iris ou une reconnaissance de la voix utilisant un capteur biométrique intégré au laissez-passer
  • G07C 9/29 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée comportant l’utilisation d’un laissez-passer le laissez-passer comportant des éléments électroniques actifs, p. ex. des cartes à puce
  • G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée

60.

USER AUTHENTICATION AT AN ELECTROMECHANICAL GUN

      
Numéro d'application US2022071303
Numéro de publication 2022/204702
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2022-03-24
Date de publication 2022-09-29
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Rogers, Bryan, Edward
  • Kelley, Donna
  • Thiesen, Jack, Hugo
  • Thorson, Timothy, Joel
  • Owens, Christopher, James

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for authenticating a user at gun. The gun may include an authentication manager capable of implementing logic, processing signals, or executing instructions. The authentication manager may receive first query data from a first authentication sensor of the gun, receive second query data from a second authentication sensor of the gun, perform an authentication procedure to determine whether the first query data or the second query data matches enrollment data, where a match is determined based on the first query data or the second query data and the enrollment data satisfying a similarity threshold. The authentication manager may determine that the user is authorized to operate the gun and transmit a signal in response to the determining that the user is authorized to operate the gun. The signal may cause the gun to enter an active state which allows the gun to be fired.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G06F 21/32 - Authentification de l’utilisateur par données biométriques, p. ex. empreintes digitales, balayages de l’iris ou empreintes vocales

61.

BIOFIRE

      
Numéro de série 97123037
Statut Enregistrée
Date de dépôt 2021-11-12
Date d'enregistrement 2025-02-04
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. ()
Classes de Nice  ?
  • 13 - Armes à feu; explosifs
  • 09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
  • 41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles

Produits et services

Smart guns; smart guns, namely, firearms such as handguns and long guns that are connected to a computer network, so as to allow users to be authenticated prior to use; gun attachments, namely, trigger safety devices incorporating a fingerprint recognition scanner to be used to determine the identity of a user; triggers for guns; smart guns featuring fingerprint recognition technology integrated in or near the grip; integrated firearm trigger device that is designed to work in conjunction with the existing mechanical and electrical systems of a smart gun to permit or restrict use based on whether a user is authenticated; smart guns featuring biometric security technology; gun safety device in the nature of a trigger lock; gun safety device in the nature of a trigger lock that is governed by a fingerprint recognition scanner; firearms that provide user authentication using biometric hardware and software technology that determines and verifies the identity of an owner or authorized user and restricts or prohibits the discharge of said firearms to those owners or authorized users Software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for use in determining and verifying the identity of a user; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for use in restricting discharge of those smart guns to authorized users; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for monitoring use of those smart guns and cataloging instances of use; software for use with smart guns, namely, downloadable and recordable software for determining, in real time, whether users are authenticated to use those smart guns and permitting use by authenticated users; electronic docking stations for smart guns; electronic docking stations for verifying the identity of users of smart guns; electronic docking stations for managing biometric sensors for use in smart gun authorization; biometric sensors for use in smart gun authorization Online journals, namely, blogs featuring gun safety information; online journals, namely, blogs featuring information regarding user authorization of guns

62.

BIOFIRE

      
Numéro de série 88852597
Statut Enregistrée
Date de dépôt 2020-03-30
Date d'enregistrement 2024-12-10
Propriétaire Biofire Technologies Inc. ()
Classes de Nice  ?
  • 13 - Armes à feu; explosifs
  • 09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
  • 41 - Éducation, divertissements, activités sportives et culturelles
  • 42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception

Produits et services

Gun safety trigger device comprising a fingerprint recognition scanner to determine the handler's identity; Smart guns featuring fingerprint recognition technology integrated into the grip; Firearms that provide user authentication using biometric hardware and software technology that determines and verifies the identity of an owner or authorized user and restricts or prohibits the discharge of said firearms to those owners or authorized users Computer software for use with smart guns namely, downloadable or recorded computer software for use in determining and verifying the identity of a gun owner or authorized user and restricting and prohibiting the discharge of said firearm to those owners or authorized users On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring firearm safety information Identification verification services in the nature of providing authentication of personal identification information, namely, providing user authentication services using biometric hardware and software technology for use in determining and verifying the identity of a gun owner or authorized user and restricting and prohibiting the discharge of said firearm to those owners or authorized users; Research and technical support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer software problems, troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing computer hardware and software problems, Scientific research in the field of firearm safety; Software design and development for others

63.

System and method for authenticating an identity for a biometrically-enabled gun

      
Numéro d'application 15243678
Numéro de brevet 09857133
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2016-08-22
Date de la première publication 2018-01-02
Date d'octroi 2018-01-02
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kloepfer, Kai Thorin
  • Stapley, Bradley Derek
  • Haymond, Benjamin Roy
  • Seiter, Paul Daniel

Abrégé

Embodiments of the present invention may include a biometrically-enabled gun. The biometrically-enabled gun may detect a presence of a user. In response to detecting a presence of a user, a processor may be awoken from a power-saving mode. The processor may query for a presence of a finger of a user. A fingerprint image may be captured. A template of the captured fingerprint image may be generated. A correlation between the template and one or more authorized user templates may be determined. In response to the correlation exceeding a threshold, a processor may cause an actuator may unlock the gun. In response to a lapse of user contact with the gun, a processor may cause the actuator to lock the gun.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F41A 17/06 - Sûretés électriques ou électromécaniques
  • G06F 21/32 - Authentification de l’utilisateur par données biométriques, p. ex. empreintes digitales, balayages de l’iris ou empreintes vocales

64.

SMART GUN

      
Numéro de série 74581153
Statut Enregistrée
Date de dépôt 1994-10-03
Date d'enregistrement 2007-10-09
Propriétaire BIOFIRE TECHNOLOGIES INC. ()
Classes de Nice  ? 13 - Armes à feu; explosifs

Produits et services

firearms having automatic locking mechanisms