US 12,031,799 B2
System and method for increasing performance of shooter and firearm
Scott Wohlstein, West Chester, OH (US); Fred Koeck, Stroudsburg, PA (US); Bruce Cole, Blytheville, AR (US); Doug Peebles, Dublin, OH (US); Richard Kloostra, Worthington, OH (US); Burn Rice, Edgewoodnm, NM (US); Larry Wright, Saint Paul, NM (US); and William Rankin, Jr., Medina, OH (US)
Assigned to Valen Foundry Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed by Valen Foundry Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/103,824.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,873, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0199407 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. F41G 3/26 (2006.01); F41A 19/11 (2006.01); F41A 33/00 (2006.01); F41A 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 3/26 (2013.01) [F41A 19/11 (2013.01); F41A 33/00 (2013.01); F41A 17/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an operator device configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network;
a server and data management module configured to receive and transmit one or more data sets over a network, where the server and data management module further comprises a registration customer service submodule and a partner services submodule;
a rig configured so as to hold a firearm in place at the same points as an operator;
a sensor suite comprising one or more sensors affixed to at least one of an operator and the rig;
an electronics management module operably connected with the operator device, where the electronics management module further comprises a power source, a processor/or processors, and a communications submodule; and
a rig sensor suite where the rig sensor suite is operably coupled to the electronics management module and is configured to collect one or more data sets from at least one of the operator and the rig, where the rig sensor suite further comprises:
a base sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of temperature, relative humidity, sound, light, alignment, mass vibration, signals, and alerts;
a top of rail sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of position, orientation, velocity, and acceleration;
a stock sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of pressure, position, and orientation;
a grip trigger sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with pressure, position, and orientation, and
a forend sensor configured to receive one or more data sets associated with at least one of pressure, position, and orientation; and
where the server and data management module further comprises a rig data submodule configured to process one or more data sets received from the rig sensor suite.