Patents Examined by J. Woodrow Eldred
  • Patent number: 11740050
    Abstract: A rifle stock has a frame, a body having a butt pad connected to the frame and operable to move within a range of length of pull positions, the frame defining a plurality of pockets, each associated with a different length of pull position, the body defining a latch passage, a latch having a nose, the latch received in the latch passage and movable between a retracted position in which the nose is clear of the pockets and movement of the body is enabled for adjusting, and an extended position in which the nose is received in a selected one of the pockets, a release lever pivotally connected to the frame and operably connected to the latch, and the release lever movable between an operating position in which the latch is in the extended position, and an adjustment position in which the latch is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CARCAL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Naser Ali Alomaira
  • Patent number: 11732986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for loading a cartridge into a magazine having a cartridge loader ramp and a magazine guide. A guide pin can connect the magazine guide to the cartridge loader ramp such that the magazine guide is slidably connected to the cartridge loader ramp about the guide pin. The device can further have a base and the cartridge loader ramp can be inclined with respect to the base. The cartridge loader ramp can have a top and a foot can be disposed on the top of the cartridge loader ramp. When a magazine is inserted in the magazine guide and pressed down, a cartridge on the cartridge ramp can partially compress the magazine spring. The foot can push the cartridge into the magazine. An adapter sleeve can resize the magazine guide for use with a variety of magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MB Machine LLC
    Inventors: Sylvan Newby, Delmar Dean Pullen
  • Patent number: 11732985
    Abstract: A multi-mode and/or multi-ammunition type weapon is described, whereupon being removed from a stored position is always initially in a default mode that fires one form of ammunition type, and can be quickly placed by a user into a different mode that fires a second, and different, form of ammunition type. When returned to the stored position, an integral ammunition type selector is automatically placed into an initial position enabling the weapon to fire one of the multiple ammunition types as selected by an integral ammunition sequence selector. The ammunition sequence selector enables selection of either the first or second form of ammunition type as the default ammunition type when the weapon is placed into the stored position. A shot sequence recorder is optionally included for recording sequences of ammunition types fired, providing an un-alterable record of firing events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Osann, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11724003
    Abstract: A trigger mechanism that can be used in AR-pattern firearms has a hammer, a trigger member, a disconnector, a locking member, and a “three position” safety selector having safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions. In the standard semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer such that the disconnector hook catches the hammer hook, at which time a user must manually release the trigger member to free the hammer from the disconnector to permit the hammer and trigger member to pivot to the set positions so that the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ABC IP, LLC
    Inventor: Mladen Thomas Strbac
  • Patent number: 11719515
    Abstract: A ball turret includes a turret shell having a rear portion and a front portion. 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: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Kinetic Gear, LLC.
    Inventors: Steven Swain, Nathan Seabrook, Norbert Gruman, Jordan Dorsey
  • Patent number: 11719499
    Abstract: A trigger assembly apparatus for a firearm which allows adjustment of the pre-travel distance a trigger travels before initiating a firing sequence and method of making the pre-travel adjustment using the apparatus disclosed herein. The apparatus generally comprises a trigger and a trigger bow, with the trigger bow having at least one threaded receptacle in a front lateral portion thereof. The pre-travel adjustment can be achieved by rotating a threaded fastener within the threaded receptacle and the method of adjusting the pre-travel can be accomplished without complete disassembly of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Sean Hynds
  • Patent number: 11698242
    Abstract: A phosphorescent sight system is provided comprising a rear sight for disposition along a proximal portion of a slide substrate of a firearm and a front sight for disposition along a distal portion of the slide substrate. The sight system may further comprise an optical waveguide disposed within a waveguide cavity of the rear sight or the front sight. Further, a phosphorescent element may be disposed adjacent a proximal portion of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: Jens Rohrer
  • Patent number: 11692794
    Abstract: An electronic system for a firearm includes a power source, one or more electrical conductors electrically connected to receive power from the power source, and a plurality of electronic devices. Each electronic device has an electrical input configured to receive power from the one or more electrical conductors to power the electronic device. A communication device is configured for data communication across the one or more electrical conductors. A method of communicating between electronic devices connected to a firearm includes powering a plurality of electronic devices connected to a firearm from a power source through one or more electrical conductors, and communicating data between the plurality of electronic devices across the one or more electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: T-Worx Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Miller, Ben Feldman, Joseph Ellena, Martin Fisher, Wayne Taylor, Gary Callsen
  • Patent number: 11692782
    Abstract: A magazine loader includes a loader housing, including right and left sides, a front and rear connector members, and a bridge member; a loading plunger; a rear loading pusher; a protruding loading structure around a loading aperture in a side of the loader housing, and an unloading protrusion. Also disclosed is a method of using the magazine loader, including positioning magazine loader, positioning round, inserting round, loading round, and unloading round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: William Christopher Couie
  • Patent number: 11686541
    Abstract: An automatic firearm having an inertial automation system comprises a barrel, which is movable along its own axis, a bolt support with a bolt, a recoil spring, a buffer spring and a hammer spring, a trigger mechanism, an ammunition feed mechanism, a mechanism for coordinating the actual firing, and a bolt support latch. The springs and the mechanism for coordinating the actual firing ensure a constant-value recoil force during automatic fire. Technical result consists in the improvement of the shooter's operating conditions, reduced vibration, and decreased bullet dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Vasilij Mihajlovich Pokalyaev, Sergei Pokalyaev
  • Patent number: 11686540
    Abstract: Breechblocks for firearms, the breechblocks including a barrel axis and a barrel extension, including a bolt with cam pin and cam pin axis, and a bolt carrier which has at least one end face and an assembly groove and a substantially S-shaped cam slot with a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the assembly groove at the locked position of the cam slot is subsequently formed substantially from behind in the forward barrel direction and is essentially U-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Glock Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Bilgeri
  • 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: 11686565
    Abstract: A control circuit for a detonator which includes a charger pump with an inductor which is connected to earth via a fusible link and wherein the charge pump is placed in an operative mode to produce a charging voltage for a firing capacitor if the link is fused in response to a shock tube event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Daniel Auguste Maurissens, Albertus Abraham Labuschagne, Andre Louis Koekemoer
  • Patent number: 11680778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrified riot protection shield for keeping law enforcement officers safe while deterring rioters. The shield is designed as a multi-person shield and can be used by a plurality of security officers to shield their bodies, such that when one or more protestors touch a front surface of the shield, a non-lethal electric shock is administered to the protestor's body to deter the protestor or rioter. The shield can be held in front of the officers' bodies by grasping the insulated handles disposed on a rear surface of the device and an electric supply is provided to a metal plate from an integrated battery for providing the electric shock. A trigger is actuated to enable the electric supply to the metal plate and the trigger can be actuated when the metal plate is pushed or touched by a protestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Fulciniti, Janet Fulciniti
  • Patent number: 11680777
    Abstract: An armor plate system includes an integrated damage detector which may permit field testing of an armor plate. The system includes a ceramic plate and a piezoelectric transducer attached to lateral face of the ceramic plate. The piezoelectric transducer may apply a signal to the ceramic plate and receive a reflected signal. The applied signal may form a compression wave. An ultrasonic signal may be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Galvion Ltd.
    Inventor: Steve Carkner
  • Patent number: 11674779
    Abstract: A bullet including a drag-reducing assembly provided about its main body, and configured for being triggered upon a blast from a cartridge, in order to reduce a resulting base drag of the bullet during flight trajectory. The drag-reducing assembly includes at least one cavity being configured for receiving and containing a portion of gun gas from the cartridge and corresponding blast, and at least one peripheral orifice for releasing gun gas from the at least one cavity during the flight trajectory of the bullet, in order to fill a partial vacuum behind the bullet during flight trajectory, and thus reduce the resulting base drag, for an improved overall ballistic performance of the bullet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Next Dynamics Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony A Binek, Gabriel Idan Romagnolo, Lawrence A Binek
  • Patent number: 11674767
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Bryan Edward Rogers, Benjamin William Dwyer, Donna Kelley, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Christopher James Owens
  • Patent number: 11662181
    Abstract: Survivability and assault multi-tool assemblies and systems that can be used in combat and tactical situations. Exemplary survivability and assault multi-tool assemblies can include a first side support, a second side support, a middle rung coupled with the first side support and the second side support, a panel coupled with the first side support and the second side support, a folding rung pivotably coupled with the first side support and the second side support, and a sliding rung slidingly received by the first side support and the second side support. Multiple survivability and assault multi-tool assemblies can be coupled together to form a survivability and assault multi-tool system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventor: Gary E Johnston
  • Patent number: 11656041
    Abstract: Present embodiments relate to an unfinished firearm. More specifically, but without limitation, present embodiments relate to an unfinished firearm frame which may be constructed to define a useable firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Vigilant Gear, LLC
    Inventors: Lowell Millard, Zachary Carlson, John Mckenna Meehan
  • Patent number: 11656055
    Abstract: A slide cover plate (1) for the slide (2) of a striker-fired hand gun, closes the end portion (4) of the slide (2) opposite to the muzzle (3) and provides support for an end portion (11) of a spring striker unit (5) and/or an end portion (21) of a spring extractor unit (15) inside of the slide (2). The slide cover plate (1) received into a groove (7) provided in the end portion (4) of the slide (2), where the slide cover plate (1) is fixed in its position. The slide cover plate (1) comprises a backwardly protruding part having larger face area than the cross sectioned area of the slide (2) at its end portion (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Steindl, Mikael Torma