Patents Assigned to Israel Weapon Industries (I.W.I.) Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11703295
    Abstract: A handgun, including a safety lever for disengaging a sear, the safety lever located under a slide of the handgun and extending along a longitudinal axis within a body of the handgun, wherein the safety lever includes a) a sear switch located external to the body of the handgun, and is configured to be positioned by a user in one of at least two positions along the longitudinal axis of the handgun and configured to move the safety lever with the sear switch to an elected position; (b) a sear tab at a rear end of the safety lever near a sear of the handgun, wherein when the sear switch is in a first position the sear tab does not interfere with the action of the sear and when in a second position the sear tab causes the sear to tilt so that the sear is disengaged and cannot come in contact with a striker of the handgun to fire a bullet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Yosef Harel, Niv Ronen, Amir Zonshine
  • Patent number: 11686542
    Abstract: A pistol slide, including an upper part configured to guide a barrel of the pistol, a lower part configured to guide a recoil spring guide rod and a recoil spring, wherein the upper part and lower part are manufactured independently and coupled together to serve as the pistol slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Lior Amir, Haim Nidam
  • Patent number: 11486677
    Abstract: A grenade launcher, including: a barrel for launching a projectile at a real target and a sight coupled to the barrel, the sight including: a display that displays an aiming indicator and is configured to display a representative target representing the real target: a sensor configured to track motion of the barrel and accordingly the representative target is moved on the display; and wherein when the display of the representative target coincides with the aiming indicator, the launcher is aimed to launch the projectile to hit the real target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Naveh Bahat, Zeev Shneorson, Elad Davidson
  • Patent number: 10962319
    Abstract: A firing control apparatus and method for installing in a firearm, the apparatus comprising: an energy storing mechanism configured to store mechanical energy which is produced by a mechanical system, upon firing the firearm or by manual operation of the firearm, an electromagnet configured to control the energy storing mechanism, wherein the energy storing mechanism holds or releases the mechanical energy to prevent or enable the firearm from firing, and a processor or an electro-mechanical switch configured to activate or deactivate the electromagnet to control the operation of the energy storing mechanism according to preselected rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD
    Inventors: Zeev Shneorson, Ariel Paludis, Alexander Cooper, Ron Gur, Shachar Ben David, Dotan Lamm, Aviram Sobol, Naor Sagy
  • Patent number: 10900733
    Abstract: A method of controlling the release of bullets from a firearm by user behavior, including monitoring the spatial orientation of a virtual vector representing the orientation of a barrel of the firearm by receiving measurements from sensors installed in or on the firearm, engaging a trigger of the firearm to release a first bullet to a first direction, while the trigger is engaged continuously analyzing the measurements to identify preconfigured motion patterns, releasing bullets automatically responsive to identifying the preconfigured motion patterns, wherein the preconfigured motion patterns include identifying that the user is stabilizing the firearm toward a target that is in a direction that is distinct from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Oren Itzhakian, Aviram Sobol, Zeev Shneorson, Naor Sagy
  • Patent number: 10845148
    Abstract: A firing control apparatus and method for installing in a firearm, the apparatus comprising: an energy storing mechanism configured to store mechanical energy which is produced by a mechanical system, upon firing the firearm or by manual operation of the firearm, an electromagnet configured to control the energy storing mechanism, wherein the energy storing mechanism holds or releases the mechanical energy to prevent or enable the firearm from firing, and a processor or an electro-mechanical switch configured to activate or deactivate the electromagnet to control the operation of the energy storing mechanism according to preselected rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD
    Inventors: Zeev Shneorson, Ariel Paludis, Alexander Cooper, Ron Gur, Shachar Ben David, Dotan Lamm, Aviram Sobol, Naor Sagy
  • Patent number: 10041754
    Abstract: A slideable ejection port cover having at least two configurations, an open configuration in which shell ejection via the ejection port is enabled, and a closed configuration in which the ejection port is substantially immovably covered; the ejection port cover comprising a shutter operatively connected to a locking component, the shutter slideable along a longitudinal axis of the receiver; wherein the locking component comprises a spring configured, at such times as the ejection port cover is in the closed configuration, to hold the locking component in a pressure-applying mode against the receiver, the pressure-applying mode being a default mode, thereby immobilizing the shutter relative to the receiver, and the locking component configured to compress the spring when pulled manually away from the receiver, thereby enabling reversible transformation of the ejection port cover from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I.) LTD.
    Inventor: Ran Tamir
  • Patent number: 9557130
    Abstract: The subject matter discloses a fire improving hit probability apparatus for reducing misfire of a firearm, comprising a trigger unit to detect when a trigger of the firearm is engaged; a detection unit to collect direction data of a direction at which the firearm is directed when the trigger of the firearm is engaged; a firing processor to improve accuracy of a shooter firing the firearm, wherein the firing processor designates a target sample when the firing processor receives a signal from the trigger unit that the trigger is engaged, wherein the target sample comprises the direction data; a storage for storing an orientation sample designated by the firing processor; an electromagnet to control functions of a sear of the firearm; wherein the firing processor designates a target orientation data according to orientation data collected when the trigger is engaged, said target orientation data is compared to a real time orientation data; wherein the firing processor enables the firing processor the firearm to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Zeev Shneorson, Naor Sagy, Ran Tamir, Evgeni Mashkevich
  • Patent number: 9273918
    Abstract: A round counter, comprising a detection unit to detect energy pulses resulting from an impact to a firearm; a round counter processor to analyze data obtained by the detection unit to count a number of rounds fired from the firearm; the round counter processor is configured to designate a time window data that is substantially a time length of an energy pulse; wherein the round counter processor compares the time window data to a firing window, the firing window is a predetermined time length required for discharging a round from the firearm; the time window has a substantial time span of firing at least two rounds; a firing counter increases the count when the round counter processor determines the time window data is larger than the firing window and transfers a command to the firing counter to increase the count of the firing counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Amit, Zeev Shneorson, Haim Sender, Dedi Haitin
  • Patent number: 7331135
    Abstract: A bolt locking housing (16) on a gun, behind the chamber (4) thereof, for receiving a bolt (6) including an extractor (10) having an extractor hook that grips a corresponding extractor groove (21) of a cartridge (2) within said chamber (4), characterized by said bolt locking housing (16) being asymmetrically machined internally, such that there is provided at least a first protrusion (18) that becomes co-aligned with and serves to support head of extractor (10), when bolt (6) is fully closed and lugs (7) thereon are interlocked into bolt locking housing (16), thereby preventing deformation of casing of said cartridge (2) after detonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Israel Weapon Industries (I.W.I.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Eitan Shimi