US 12,352,520 B2
Magazine ammunition rounds detection and alert module
Tom Minnis, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Dennis Jump, Crossville, TN (US)
Filed by Tom Minnis, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Dennis Jump, Crossville, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,105.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,445, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144065 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 9/62 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/62 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A module for detecting and notifying of the presence of ammunition comprising:
a printed circuit board having electronics mounted thereon including a central processing unit with access to memory having executable instruction data thereon, at least one motion sensor for sensing motion of the printed circuit board, an eccentric motor, a connector providing remote digital access to the processor, at least one mechanism for erasing data or resetting parameters, and a battery bay for accepting a battery, at least one sensor enabled to detect position of a spring or follower in a magazine, and
a retainer plug attached to the printed circuit board and adapted to stabilize the board inside the structure of a firearm stock;
wherein an amount of ammunition is discerned by the central processing unit based upon the position of the spring or follower.