Patents Assigned to Fats, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7201483
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing both day vision simulations and night vision simulations includes a projector that seamlessly provides both night and daytime training modes. The projector includes two independent light sources, with an embedded night vision filter affixed inside the projector proximate one of the light sources to achieve the night training mode. The operator will select one light source according to the mode desired (daytime training mode or nighttime training mode). Each light source may easily be selected, and the light paths from both of the light sources may have a common path when exiting the projector for efficient operation between modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignees: Fats, Inc., Barco Simulation, LLC
    Inventors: Bobby Hsiang-Hua Chung, Bart Maximus
  • Patent number: 7197973
    Abstract: A bolt locking assembly for a weapon simulator, the weapon simulator having a bolt affixed to a firearm housing providing recoil to the user. The bolt is connected to a piston housed in a piston chamber inside the housing. A gas supply provides a compressed gas or fluid into the piston chamber to generate movement and recoil of the piston. After the weapon simulator has been fired a predetermined number of times, the bolt locking assembly will obstruct operation of the bolt and piston. The bolt locking assembly includes a lock actuator port engaging the piston chamber, a locking apparatus positioned within the housing proximate the bolt, and a lock channel between said lock actuator port and said locking arm, wherein the lock channel directs gas to said locking apparatus to actuate said locking apparatus and fix the bolt in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Fats, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Heath Fleming, Henry Martin Wilson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6938534
    Abstract: A bolt locking assembly for a weapon simulator, the weapon simulator having a bolt affixed to a firearm housing providing recoil to the user. The bolt is connected to a piston housed in a piston chamber inside the housing. A gas supply provides a compressed gas or fluid into the piston chamber to generate movement and recoil of the piston. After the weapon simulator has been fired a predetermined number of times, the bolt locking assembly will obstruct operation of the bolt and piston. The bolt locking assembly includes a lock actuator port engaging the piston chamber, a locking apparatus positioned within the housing proximate the bolt, and a lock channel between said lock actuator port and said locking arm, wherein the lock channel directs gas to said locking apparatus to actuate said locking apparatus and fix the bolt in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Fats, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Heath Fleming, Henry Martin Wilson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6854480
    Abstract: A regulated gas supply system having a body defining a pressurized gas reservoir connected to a high-pressure regulator that regulates the high pressure gas from the gas reservoir to disperse the gas at a desired pressure. The regulating assembly includes a piston chamber with a piston slidably positioned in the piston chamber. A spring is positioned between one side of the piston and the piston chamber, with the piston including a piston channel to allow pressurized gas to flow through the piston. Pressure is developed on the piston opposite the spring that is proportional to the force of the spring, providing a balanced piston. The system is miniature and self-contained to fit inside any number of small pneumatically operated devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Fats, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Martin Wilson, Jr., Paul Heath Fleming, Corey Howard Metcalfe