US 12,253,327 B2
Firearm including electronic components to enhance user experience
Brian Hedeen, Orono, MN (US); Mike Cisewski, Hutchinson, MN (US); and Ethan Mork, Young America, MN (US)
Assigned to Laser Aiming Systems Corporation, Maple Plain, MN (US)
Filed by Laser Aiming Systems Corporation, Maple Plain, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,002.
Application 18/101,002 is a continuation of application No. 17/217,828, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,561,057.
Application 17/217,828 is a continuation of application No. 15/951,591, filed on Apr. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,962,314, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,471, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384047 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41A 9/62 (2006.01); F41A 19/01 (2006.01); F41C 23/10 (2006.01); F41G 1/35 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/62 (2013.01) [F41A 19/01 (2013.01); F41C 23/10 (2013.01); F41G 1/35 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firearm comprising:
a barrel portion adapted to discharge ammunition;
a slide movable relative to the barrel portion;
a frame coupled to the barrel portion and movably coupled to the slide, the frame comprising a grip, the grip comprising:
a magazine chamber adapted to detachably receive a magazine carrying a plurality of cartridges of ammunition;
at least one sensor carried by the grip, the at least one sensor adapted to sense a state of the magazine detachably received in the magazine chamber corresponding to a number of cartridges of ammunition remaining in the magazine, and the at least one sensor operable to send a signal corresponding to the number of cartridges of ammunition remaining in the magazine; and
a display carried by the frame, the display operatively coupled to the at least one sensor and operable to visually present the number of cartridges of ammunition remaining in the magazine.