US 12,264,887 B2
Safety device for a firearm
Massimo Tanfoglio, Gardone Val Trompia (IT); Luciano Camanini, Desenzano del Garda (IT); and Diego Gustin, Trieste (IT)
Assigned to FRATELLI TANFOGLIO S.R.L., Brescia (IT); and T.W. TECNOLOGY S.R.L., Brescia (IT)
Filed by FRATELLI TANFOGLIO S.R.L., Gardone val Trompia (IT); and T.W. TECNOLOGY S.R.L., Brescia (IT)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,055.
Claims priority of application No. 102022000000539 (IT), filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228509 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 17/063 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety device for a firearm provided with a grip, comprising:
a latch, operated by a motor, adapted to be engaged with mechanical parts of the firearm to prevent and/or allow actuation of the firearm; and
a control unit operatively connected to said motor and supplied by at least one battery, said control unit comprising an internal transceiver, said internal transceiver being provided with an antenna and cooperating with an external transceiver for controlling said latch by an authorized user;
a capacitive sensor operatively connected to the control unit for controlling said latch, said capacitive sensor being adapted to detect presence of a hand of the authorized user on the grip; and
a Hall sensor controlled by a magnet integral with a mechanical safety lock of the firearm, said Hall sensor being operatively connected to the control unit to switch on the safety device when said mechanical safety lock is in a shooting position, and to switch off the safety device when said mechanical safety lock is not in the shooting position.