Additive manufacturing enhanced sidearm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12410981-B2
Application number	US-202318367556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2023
Priority date	Sep 13, 2023
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

An additive manufactured enhanced sidearm comprising an ejectable barrel group assembly having two barrels, each with a chamber, in an under and over configuration thereby forming a top and bottom, and preloaded with keyed rounds having a series wherein each of said projectiles is keyed via a keyway in a chamber in said barrel, each of said projectiles in said barrel group are keyed having 0 to 4 keyways formed in the side of the projectile said projectiles having a propellant and primer means disposed behind said projectile in said chamber, a series of electrical contacts disposed within said chambers in communication with said primer means, a rail disposed at the bottom of the barrels with a locking notch means, a battery disposed with said ejectable barrel group, a grip assembly in communication with said ejectable barrel group assembly said grip assembly comprising a hand grip, a pc board disposed within said hand grip, a trigger group disposed upon said pc board, a high voltage generator circuit disposed on said pc board, at least one recoil plate assembly disposed upon said pc board, at least one microprocessor disposed upon said pc board, and a removable safety block that interferes with the batter to pc board connection.

First claim

I claim:

1. An additive manufacturing enhanced sidearm comprising:
an ejectable barrel group assembly having two barrels, each with a chamber, in an under and over configuration thereby forming a top and bottom, and preloaded with keyed rounds each having a series of circumferential keyways,
wherein each of said projectiles is keyed via a keyway in a chamber in said barrel,
each of said projectiles in said barrel group is keyed having 0 to 4 keyways formed in the side of the projectile,
said projectiles having a propellant and primer means disposed behind said projectile in said chamber,
a series of electrical contacts disposed within said chambers in communication with said primer means,
a rail disposed at the bottom of the barrels with a locking notch means,
a battery disposed within said ejectable barrel group,
a grip assembly in communication with said ejectable barrel group assembly,
said grip assembly comprising:
a hand grip,
a circuit board disposed within said hand grip,
a trigger group disposed upon said circuit board,
a high voltage generator circuit disposed on said circuit board,
at least one recoil plate assembly disposed upon said circuit board,
at least one microprocessor disposed upon said circuit board, and
a removable safety block that interferes with the battery-to-circuit board connection.

2. The additive manufactured enhanced sidearm of claim 1 , wherein said projectiles further comprise a negative electric conductor that is disposed through the center of all of the projectiles and is in communication with all of the projectiles.

3. The additive manufactured enhanced sidearm of claim 1 , wherein said primers are disposed within a cavity of the immediately preceding projectile forming a stack,
said stack excluding a first projectile which has no need for a primer,
and wherein a final projectile is initiated by a primer located on a barrel recoil primer plug disposed at the rear end of the barrel.

Assignees

• U S Army Devcom Army Res Laboratory
• Us Army

Inventors

• Kalb Alan

Classifications

• F42C11/008

  Power generation in electric fuzes (F42C11/02, F42C11/04 and F42C15/295 take precedence) · CPC title

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• F41A21/488

  Mountings specially adapted for pistols or revolvers · CPC title

• F41C3/00

  Pistols, e.g. revolvers (specially adapted for underwater use F41C9/06; for slaughtering or stunning animals A22B; for shooting bolts into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like B25C) · CPC title

• F41A21/06 Primary

  Plural barrels · CPC title