Patents by Inventor Michael K. Morrison

Michael K. Morrison has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230349671
    Abstract: A firearm accessory mounted to a firearm accessory rail and allowing adjustment of the accessory relative to the firearm accessory rail includes an indexing member having a tab structured to engage with one of the series of slots of the firearm accessory rail, and having two or more indexing slots, the two or more indexing slots spaced apart from one another at a distance less than the regular pitch interval of the accessory rail, and a single clamp having a crossmember structured to engage with one of the two or more indexing slots, the single clamp structured to simultaneously secure the accessory and the indexing member to the firearm accessory rail in a single clamping action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Michael K. Morrison
  • Patent number: 11719513
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for adjustably mounting an accessory to a firearm accessory rail having a series of slots includes a rail clamping system structured to clamp to the firearm accessory rail, a mounting member having a tab structured to engage with one of the series of slots of the firearm accessory rail; and an adjustment mechanism that allows the accessory to be moved along a long axis of the firearm accessory rail less than a slot pitch of the firearm accessory rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventor: Michael K. Morrison
  • Publication number: 20210223003
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for adjustably mounting an accessory to a firearm accessory rail having a series of slots includes a rail clamping system structured to clamp to the firearm accessory rail, a mounting member having a tab structured to engage with one of the series of slots of the firearm accessory rail; and an adjustment mechanism that allows the accessory to be moved along a long axis of the firearm accessory rail less than a slot pitch of the firearm accessory rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Michael K. Morrison
  • Patent number: 6173962
    Abstract: A brush seal includes a mounting ring that carries radially inwardly directed bristles. A backing member attached to the mounting ring is positioned alongside the bristles. A chamber defined by the bristles and the backing member is pressurized with fluid to counteract the lateral forces imposed upon the bristles by a region of high fluid pressure that they are operationally adjacent. As a result of this balancing of forces, the bristles are free to move radially inward and outward so that their free ends remain in sealing engagement with an adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Rolls Royce PLC
    Inventors: Michael K. Morrison, Peter A. Withers, Terence V. Jones, Peter E. Wood
  • Patent number: 5799952
    Abstract: A brush seal element (14) comprises a mounting ring (20) that carries radially inwardly directed bristles (21). A backing ring (23) attached to the mounting ring (20) is positioned alongside the bristles (21). A chamber (25) defined by the bristles (21) and the backing ring (23) is pressurised with fluid to counteract the lateral forces imposed upon the bristles (21) by a region of high fluid pressure that they are operationally adjacent. As a result of this balancing of forces the bristles (21) are free to move radially inward and outward so that their free ends (22) remain in sealing engagement with an adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Michael K. Morrison, Peter A. Withers, Terence V. Jones, Peter E. Wood