Patents Assigned to CAPCO, LLC
  • Short round for lightweight automatic weapon
    Patent number: 10976140
    Abstract: An ammunition cartridge having a cup-shaped casing. The cup-shaped casing has a closed reward end with a rearward diameter and an open forward end having a forward diameter that is larger than the rearward diameter. A sidewall extends between the peripheries of the rearward end and the top end of the casing. The sidewall tapers from the smaller rearward diameter to the larger forward diameter along a length of a hollow interior of the casing that holds a propellant charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CAPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen K. Wood, Matt L. Bryner
  • Short round lightweight automatic weapon
    Patent number: 10955206
    Abstract: An automatic or semiautomatic rifle having a short-stroke action with multiple firing chambers which are arranged radially around an axis of rotation parallel to the firing bore. The multiple firing chambers reciprocate rearward and forward while the assembly is indexed through a loading, firing, and ejection sequence. Ammunition cartridges are inserted into the forward end of the chambers and subsequently positioned against the rear of a barrel of the rifle for firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CAPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen K. Wood, Matt L. Bryner