Abstract: A regulated gas block assembly may include a gas block including a barrel receiving bore, a gas tube receiving bore, and an intermediate passage extending from the barrel receiving bore to the gas tube receiving bore. The intermediate passage may be oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the barrel receiving bore. The intermediate passage may include a gas regulator seat, and a gas regulator may be positioned and removably secured in the gas regulator seat. A barrel including a gas ring recess may be fit to the regulated gas block assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 2, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2023
Assignee:
Maxim Defense Industries, LLC
Inventors:
Joseph Wheeler, Jacob Kunsky, Grey Oliver Beaudry, Travis Bundy, Jason Harper, Michael G. Windfeldt
Abstract: A muzzle booster or similar device for regulating firearm discharge gases from an autoloading firearm is disclosed. The muzzle booster may include a shroud and an interior component. The interior component may include a blast baffle that is configured and dimensioned to provide internal and external geometries such that exhaust pressure within the gas system is extended as a function of time to increase the overall minimum pressure impulse from the gas system into the operating mechanism of the host firearm. The blast baffle or interior component may be of M baffle type, K baffle type, or other baffle design, including monocore designs, or baffle designs integrated into monocore designs. The shroud and the interior component may cooperate with the barrel of the host firearm to form a taper lock system for securing the muzzle booster or device to the host firearm barrel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Maxim Defense Industries, LLC
Inventors:
Joseph Wheeler, Jacob Kunsky, Travis Bundy
Abstract: A regulated gas block assembly may include a gas block including a barrel receiving bore, a gas tube receiving bore, and an intermediate passage extending from the barrel receiving bore to the gas tube receiving bore. The intermediate passage may be oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the barrel receiving bore. The intermediate passage may include a gas regulator seat, and a gas regulator may be positioned and removably secured in the gas regulator seat. A barrel including a gas ring recess may be fit to the regulated gas block assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 22, 2021
Assignee:
Maxim Defense Industries, LLC
Inventors:
Joseph Wheeler, Jacob Kunsky, Grey Oliver Beaudry, Travis Bundy, Jason Harper, Michael G. Windfeldt
Abstract: A fastener apparatus (200) for a universal interface system (10) is disclosed. The fastener apparatus may include a body (160), an interior fastener (206), an exterior fastener (202), and a spring (204). The fastener apparatus may form part of an accessory for a universal interface system. The universal interface system may include an object (14) and an accessory (16). The object may include a mounting surface (124), a locking surface (126), and an elongated slot (22) extending from the mounting surface to the locking surface. The accessory may be fixed to the mounting surface. The universal interface system may include a ready configuration (258), a rotated configuration (262), and a locked configuration (266). The universal interface system further may include a released configuration (260), and a deployed configuration (264). The universal interface system may be used to secure accessories to a weapon.