Patents Examined by J. Woodrow Eldred
  • Patent number: 12264890
    Abstract: A pistol with buffer has a frame defining an upper horizontal slide plane, having a forward muzzle end, and defining a receptacle, a slide rail module removably received in a rear portion of the frame receptacle and having a front face, a cross pin engaging the slide rail module to the frame, a buffer received in the frame receptacle and having a rear face abutting the front face of the slide rail module, and a retention portion of the slide rail module configured to contact the buffer to prevent extraction of the buffer when the slide rail module is received in the frame receptacle. The retention portion may be positioned above a selected portion of the buffer to prevent removal of the buffer from the frame when the slide rail module is engaged to the frame by the cross pin. The slide rail module may define a vertical front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: XRAY AEROSPACE CORP
    Inventors: Allen Farris, Charles Bastian
  • Patent number: 12264894
    Abstract: An optical aiming device for mounting on a firearm is provided, having a housing defining a barrel axis; an optical element received in the housing; an illumination device being arranged to project light onto the optical element to display a reticle, the reticle having a first light intensity; a light sensor arrangement comprising a first sensor defining a first effective detector angle of view and providing a first sensor signal and a second sensor defining a second effective detector angle of view and providing a second sensor signal, the light sensor arrangement being arranged to cooperate with the illumination device to enable adjustment of the light intensity of the reticle to a second light intensity as a function of the first and second sensor signals; and a processor configured to communicate with the light sensor arrangement to adjust the light intensity of the reticle as a function of the first and second sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Bushnell Inc.
    Inventor: Travis C. Overfelt
  • Patent number: 12259216
    Abstract: A camera system having a sight device, with a housing configurable for securing about a weapon, the camera connects with a smart phone device for displaying an image from the sight device for accurately targeting with a weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Robert Marshall Campbell
  • Patent number: 12259204
    Abstract: A sound suppressor for enhanced user serviceability is provided. The sound suppressor uses high temperature elastomer O-rings to maintain the alignment of the parts in assembly, to prevent loosening of the end caps, and most notably, to seal the suppressor baffles and end caps, so that carbon does not interact with the outer tube around the baffles, or the threads or connective geometry of the outer tube. This prevents carbon from locking the baffles in the tube, and allows ease of end user disassembly after extended amounts of rounds are fired, protecting the ability to maintain and service the sound suppressor without damage to the baffles or outer tube. This protects the end user's investment in the suppressor, as well as their investment in their $200 National Firearms Act Tax Stamp associated with the purchase of the sound suppressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Austin Reis-Green
  • Patent number: 12259212
    Abstract: A device implementable on a firearm includes a firearm grip configured to be held or gripped by a user of the firearm. The firearm grip includes a grip body and a grip insert. The grip body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end can mate with a surface of the firearm when the firearm grip is installed on the firearm. The second end has a void that can receive and accommodate the grip insert therein. The grip insert includes a first lock and a second lock. When in a first position, the first lock locks the grip insert in the void of the grip body. When in a second position, the first lock unlocks the grip insert such that the grip insert is removable from the grip body. The second lock is configured to lock the first lock in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Strike IP, LLC
    Inventors: Shanyao Lee, Hung-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 12253327
    Abstract: A firearm includes a barrel portion, a slide, and a frame. The frame includes a grip, and the grip includes a magazine chamber and a rear surface adjacent the slide. At least one sensor is carried by the grip, and the at least one sensor adapted to sense a state of the magazine detachably received in the magazine chamber corresponding to a number of cartridges of ammunition remaining in the magazine. A display is carried on the rear surface of the grip, and the display includes a plurality of illuminating devices. The display is operatively coupled to the at least one sensor and is operable to visually present the number of cartridges of ammunition remaining in the magazine by illuminating at least one of the plurality of illuminating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Laser Aiming Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Hedeen, Mike Cisewski, Ethan Mork
  • Patent number: 12247804
    Abstract: An adjustable cheek riser is described. The cheek riser may include a cheek plate and a mounting plate. The cheek plate may removably couple to the mounting plate and configured to slide laterally along a mounting plate length. The cheek riser may further include a horizontal adjustment mechanism, which may include a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first fastening member may be disposed on the cheek plate and may include a male boss. The second fastening member may be disposed on the mounting plate and may include divots or notches. The first fastening member may engage with the second fastening member to lock a position of the cheek plate on the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: B5 SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Mark J. Keller
  • Patent number: 12241700
    Abstract: An ejector mechanism for a firearm includes an ejector disposed at a forward face of a bolt. The ejector includes a hole designed to provide clearance for the firing pin to pass at least partially through the ejector. The hole may include a counterbore on a rear side of the ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: James Matthew Underwood, Larry Cullen Underwood
  • Patent number: 12241712
    Abstract: The super nail punch is the only product of its kind that works with not one, but two cylinders, each carefully crafted to serve a specific purpose, and to ensure the nails are installed and secured correctly. This device is uniquely designed to be safe, simple, and highly functional. It includes interchangeable heads that fit the smallest to the largest nails to be employed in the pneumatic accessory, and guarantees the nails are adequately laid and sunk into any working surface. Moreover, the super nail punch is made with durable materials, a triangulated failsafe LED light, and a safety trigger to ensure long term sustainability, when used in private or commercial settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventor: Ernest Allen
  • Patent number: 12235063
    Abstract: Improvements in a firearm with a multi-part chamber locking assembly is disclosed to allow the casing ejection and reloading sequence to be temporarily slowed down to capture the optimum amount of ignited gun powders expanding gas, prior to the round exiting the barrel. Large slide component(s) of a firearm are replaced with a multi-part chamber locking assembly. This negates the requirement for a round to move laterally after moving vertically. The round only moves vertically thus mitigating the requirement for any forward motion. The multi-part chamber reduces the weight and materials needed to actuate all components of the ejecting and reloading process, so more energy is available to transfer movement of casing ejecting. The round is fired with a hammer or striker through impingement or a firing pin actuated action on a primer to ignite the propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Joshua May
  • Patent number: 12235090
    Abstract: A wireless electronic detonator includes a primary source of energy and at least one functional module. A power switch is disposed between the primary source of energy and the functional module to connect or disconnect the functional module and the primary source of energy. A controller controls the power switch and includes an optical receiver to detect and demodulate a light signal emitted by a control console, The controller generates a control signal according to the demodulated light signal to at least control the power switch. A wireless detonation system includes the wireless electronic detonator and the control console configured to emit a light signal, and method for activating the wireless electronic detonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Lionel Biard, Bernard Piaget, Mélanie Descharles, Vincent Berg, Franck Guyon
  • Patent number: 12235086
    Abstract: A focused output detonator includes a detonator shell including detonator components, and a focuser coupled to the detonator shell. The detonator shell may include a body extending along a central axis of the detonator shell. A first open end is provided at a first end of the body, and a closed end is provided at a second end of the body. A chamber is bounded by the body and the closed end, and the detonator components are housed in the chamber. The focuser is coupled to the closed end of the detonator shell. According to an aspect, the focused output detonator is structured to focus a ballistic output of the focuser along the central axis and away from the detonator shell. According to an aspect, the focuser includes a donor charge. The focuser may include an encapsulated and hydraulically sealed donor charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Scharf, Christian Eitschberger, Andreas Robert Zemla, Liam McNelis, Gernot Uwe Burmeister
  • Patent number: 12228376
    Abstract: A central network controller for a weapon comprises a plurality of computer ports for attaching electronic weapon accessory devices. Each of the computer ports is configured to permit interchangeable use of the electronic weapon accessory devices on a weapon. A processor and an associated electronic memory are operably coupled to the plurality of computer ports. One or more input devices are operably coupled to the processor and are configurable to control operation of an attached one or more of said electronic weapon accessory devices. The central network controller is configured to permit communication between the electronic weapon accessory devices and the processor to permit control of the electronic weapon accessory devices based on input from the one or more input devices. The central network controller is configured to facilitate electronic communication between the electronic weapon accessory devices by mediating transmission of signals between the electronic weapon accessory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wilcox Industries Corp.
    Inventors: James W. Teetzel, Elliott S. Turner, Mathew A. Reichl
  • Patent number: 12222181
    Abstract: A ready-to-load ammunition container is disclosed, including a housing comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a top, and a bottom each defining an interior of the housing. The interior retains a plurality of rounds of ammunition. A first wing is integrally molded to the first sidewall and a second wing is integrally molded to the second sidewall. The first wing and the second wing are each positioned at a bottom portion of the housing to define an opening to allow the plurality of rounds to pass therethrough. The first wing and the second wing are configured to releasably engage with a magazine of a firearm during the reloading process. A push bar is connected to a sliding member to forcibly push the plurality of rounds through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Wyatt Lavin
  • Patent number: 12215576
    Abstract: A perforation gun assembly may include a single shaped charge holder, the shaped charge holder having a charge receiving structure and at least one projection extending from the charge receiving structure. A detonation cord and a detonator may be connected to the shaped charge holder. A top connector may be configured for connecting to a first base of the shaped charge holder and a bottom connector may be configured for connecting to a second based of the shaped charge holder. The perforation gun assembly may be positioned within an outer gun carrier of a perforation gun, and a tandem seal adapter may be positioned at least in part within the outer gun carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Haron Preiss, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, Thilo Scharf, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
  • Patent number: 12215943
    Abstract: A trigger assembly is disclosed. The trigger assembly includes a trigger shoe having a top surface, a brace coupled to the trigger shoe, a joint coupled to the brace, a trigger bar coupled to the brace, a trigger hood coupled to the top surface of the trigger shoe and the joint, and a track disposed between the trigger hood and the trigger shoe, wherein the trigger shoe is configured to move along the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Agency Arms, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Paul Niswander, Michael Lee Parks
  • Patent number: 12215946
    Abstract: A ball turret includes a turret shell having a rear portion and a front portion. An integrated GPS tracking device. The rear portion and the front portion are assembled to form the turret shell. The shell includes a block assembly configured to mount to a mounting element of a weapon system, and a yoke carriage assembly configured to receive and mount to the block assembly. A number of guide rods within the turret shell are configured to mount the yoke carriage assembly thereto and to provide a recoil shock absorber in response to a discharge of the weapon system. The yoke carriage assembly is releasably mounted to the block assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Nathan Seabrook
  • Patent number: 12209833
    Abstract: A pocket pistol having at least one barrel in alignment with at least one associated chamber for receiving a firearm cartridge; a barrel release trigger; a double-action firing trigger; and a frame carrying the at least one barrel, the barrel release trigger, and the firing trigger, and defining a cavity within the frame carrying a hammer set and a firing pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: James Shelton Farley, Jr., James Shelton Farley, III, Michael Alan Farley
  • Patent number: 12209830
    Abstract: A recoil management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Sr., Joseph M. Johnson, Jr., Brandon Bray
  • Patent number: 12209836
    Abstract: A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) has a delinker including cylindrical or round pushrods inserted in complementary slots in a carrier. The generally cylindrical pushrod and corresponding slots in the carrier require less machining steps than prior rectangular, T shaped or H shaped pushrods and complementary carrier slots making them faster and less expensive to produce and replace. The cylindrical pushrods apply force evenly to heads of ammunition cartridges received in the delinker as they push rounds forward within the delinker such that the rounds are not forced outward from a longitudinal axis of the delinker by the pushrod as the pushrod. A front face of the pushrod has a recess corresponding to a primer of the ammunition cartridge pushed forward by the pushrod within the delinker such that the pushrods do not contact the primer of the ammunition cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CHD Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Kristopher Lee Paulson, Matthew Steinhauser