Patents Examined by Michael David
  • Hinged arm safety mechanism for foam dart launcher
    Patent number: 9435606
    Abstract: A dart launcher comprises a housing, a safety arm, and a trigger. The housing includes a launching section configured to receive a dart having a minimum threshold length. The safety arm is movably attached to the housing and extends at least partially across the launching section. The safety arm is positioned so that the dart having the minimum threshold length engages at least a portion of the safety arm upon insertion into the launching section. The trigger is movable with respect to the housing and is operable to cause the dart having the minimum threshold length to launch from the launching section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: EASEBON SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventor: Francis See Chong Chia
  • Helicopter crew-served weapon mounting apparatus
    Patent number: 9428273
    Abstract: Armament apparatus is provided for an aircraft having an interior area. The armament apparatus includes a horizontally disposed, generally plank-shaped elongated support beam member having top and bottom sides, a longitudinally intermediate section extending transversely through the interior area, and an outer end portion extending outwardly beyond an exterior side of the aircraft and having top and bottom sides and laterally opposite side edges. The outer support beam end portion, along at least a substantial portion of its length is laterally narrower than the intermediate section of the support beam member. This permits a crew member to sit on the support beam member, with his legs outside the aircraft and downwardly straddling the outer support beam end portion, and operate a crew-served weapon on the top side of the outer end portion of support beam member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Contract Fabrication and Design, LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Serkland, James A. Hardin, Jesse L. Davison
  • Burst firing device for firearm
    Patent number: 9410759
    Abstract: A burst firing trigger mechanism is provided. The mechanism includes a sear having a hamper engagement surface and a transfer mechanism. The present invention further includes a plurality of triggers. The plurality of triggers each includes a lever, a base pivotally attached to the sear by a pivot pin, and a trip finger extending from the base. Each of the trip fingers extends at a different angle relative to the lever. The present invention further includes a hammer biased by a spring away from the sear. The hammer includes a cocking notch. The burst firing trigger mechanism includes a cocked position and a plurality of fired positions. The cocked position includes the hammer engagement surface engaging the cocking notch and suspending the hammer towards the sear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventor: Michael S. Smith, Jr.
  • Buttstock assembly
    Patent number: 9410764
    Abstract: A modular firearm comprising an adjustable modular buttstock assembly. The buttstock assembly can include a frame with a central opening. A comb assembly having a cheek piece and a butt plate assembly having a recoil pad each can be mounted to the frame by an adjustment apparatus. Each adjustment apparatus can include of a guide post and/or a threaded adjustment post each received in respective bores in the frame to adjust the positions of the cheek piece and recoil pad. The adjustment apparatus also can include a locking or engagement feature that can selectively increase the friction between the frame and the guide post and/or adjustment post, to help prevent the translation of the guide post and/or adjustment post in the bore in the frame to fix the comb assembly and butt plate assembly in desired positions with respect to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: RA Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: M. Brent Jarboe
  • Sear assembly for hammerless, striker fired handgun
    Patent number: 9410760
    Abstract: A sear assembly includes a sear block with a cavity configured to receive at least part of and at least one of a sear pivot, sear lever, sear catch and disconnector. The cavity has a slot with the sear catch configured for reciprocating sliding motion in the slot between a first position in which the sear catch engages a firing pin and a second position in which the sear catch disengages from the firing pin. The sear lever and sear pivot are configured for pivoting motion in the cavity. The sear lever is operatively connected to the sear catch. The disconnector is configured to engage the sear pivot and effect movement of the sear catch from the first position to the second position and to disengage from the sear pivot to allow movement of the sear catch from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Double Nickel Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Siddle
  • Angle-adjustable buffer tube system
    Patent number: 9410763
    Abstract: An angle-adjustable buffer tube system is a system that enables fluid transitions between a primary scope or sight and a backup offset iron sight without requiring the shooter to remove his or her cheek from the stock. The system includes a buffer tube and a firearm-mounting tube that is able to rotate concentric to the buffer tube. A stock may be mounted to the buffer tube while the firearm-mounting tube may be screwed into the body of a firearm. A lockable flange assembly featuring a flange, a mounting plate, a flange socket, and a plurality of grooves enables the rotation and additionally is able to lock the buffer tube and the firearm-mounting tube in place after the firearm has been rotated to a desired position. An annular retention plate is utilized to ensure that the buffer tube and the firearm-mounting tube do not separate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Eric Colt
  • Gas flow volume control apparatus
    Patent number: 9410756
    Abstract: A gas flow volume control apparatus includes an adjustable gas block and a securing member as the securing member fixes the adjustable gas block onto a barrel of a firearm. The adjustable gas block is in fluid communication with the barrel so that generated gas of a propelling bullet can be recycled within a gas-operated reloading system. The generated gas is rerouted from the barrel to the gas-operated reloading system through a gas flow channel and a gas-tube channel of the adjustable gas block. An adjustment channel of the adjustable gas block also allows a user to control the rerouted amount of generated gas in order to optimize the performance of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventors: Todd Conrad Gardner, Wyndell Todd Kern
  • Vehicle, in particular a military vehicle
    Patent number: 9404717
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle, especially a military vehicle, comprising a front section (2) and a rear section (3) and a safety cell (4) arranged between the front section (2) and the rear section (3) and receiving the vehicle crew, the front section (2) and the rear section (3) being connected to each other in the region below the safety cell (4) by means of a protective element (5) which protects the safety cell (4) from the impact of blasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Pfennig, Eric Prummenbaum, Oliver Meding
  • Air gun with gas spring assembly
    Patent number: 9404707
    Abstract: A gas spring assembly is disposed within a compression chamber of an air gun, and includes a piston defining an interior pressure chamber. The piston includes a latch bushing that is disposed adjacent a rearward end of the bushing. The latch bushing defines a central bore that extends along and is concentric with a longitudinal axis of the piston. A guide rod is slideably supported within the central bore of the latch bushing. The piston is axially moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the guide rod, between a compressed position and an un-compressed position. The guide rod includes a first end that engages the trigger assembly in abutting engagement, and a second end that engages a head portion disposed within an inner support tube within the interior pressure chamber of the piston. The latch bushing includes a ledge for engaging a sear of the trigger assembly in latching engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Gore
  • Projectile launcher with trigger assist
    Patent number: 9395146
    Abstract: A projectile launcher including a receiver with a breech proximate to a barrel. A valve assembly is provided that allows selective flow between a source of compressed gas and the breech. A trigger is provided that is movable between a first position and a second position. The launcher includes a firing assembly configured to actuate the valve assembly responsive to the trigger being in the second position. In some embodiments, the firing assembly includes a trigger assist feature configured to cycle the firing assembly in a fully automatic manner when the trigger is in the second position without reciprocating the trigger during the firing cycle. In some embodiments, the receiver includes an opening with a puncture mechanism dimensioned to receive a magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Tippmann Sports, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis J. Tippmann, Jr., Kyle D. Smith, Brad R. Holloway
  • High energy blasting
    Patent number: 9389055
    Abstract: A method of blasting rock, in mining for recoverable material, comprising drilling blastholes in a blast zone, loading the blastholes with explosives and then firing the explosives in the blastholes in a single cycle of drilling, loading and blasting. The blast zone comprises a high energy blast zone in which blastholes are partially loaded with a first explosive to provide a high energy layer of the high energy blast zone having a powder factor of at least 1.75 kg of explosive per cubic meter of unblasted rock in the high energy layer and in which at least some of those blastholes are also loaded with a second explosive to provide a low energy layer of the high energy blast zone between the high energy layer and the adjacent end of those blastholes, said low energy layer having a powder factor that is at least a factor of two lower than the powder factor of said high energy layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Geoffrey Frederick Brent, Tapan Goswami, Michael John Noy, Peter Dare-Bryan
  • Two-stage military type trigger
    Patent number: 9389037
    Abstract: There is disclosed a two-stage trigger with a large trigger/sear bearing area and an optimized sear loading angle that provides a lightweight trigger-pull. There is further disclosed a safety that blocks rotation of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: George L. Reynolds
  • Walking floor for an armored vehicle, armored vehicle having such a walking floor, and method for producing such a walking floor
    Patent number: 9383175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a walking floor for an armored vehicle with a double floor to protect against mine explosions, characterized by a composite panel (10) having at least one core layer (11) made of a honeycomb structure, which is arranged between a first and a second outer layer (12a, 12b) and is connected thereto, wherein retaining means for connecting the composite panel (10) to the vehicle are integrated in the composite panel (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: EC TECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Walter, Rolf Matthias Alter
  • Basic electromagnetic force field
    Patent number: 9374884
    Abstract: An electromagnetic force field configured to protect designated assets against incoming objects, comprising a plurality of layers, wherein the layers are a member of a group consisting of a supercharged plasma window, a curtain of high-energy laser beams arranged in a lattice-like configuration, and a carbon nanotube (CNT) layer, wherein the laser beams are positioned at equal distance between each other and as such as to ensure that at least four laser beams are in the path of the smallest object, and wherein, the CNT layer comprises a plurality of CNT sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Manu Mitra
  • Universal firearm mounted receiving apparatus for casings
    Patent number: 9360264
    Abstract: A universal firearm-mounted receiving apparatus adapted to receive an ejected casing from a firearm. The apparatus has an arm with a mounting piece disposed at one end and a receptacle for shell casings disposed at the other end (opposite to) mounting piece. The arm further contains one or more hinges that allow(s) at least a portion of the arm to move independently of another portion, thereby making the arm and receptacle positionable for a variety of different firearms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Rosenthal
  • Holder for body mounted armor
    Patent number: 9354023
    Abstract: An assembly structured for removably mounting armor on a user's body in a protective orientation including a base having an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion is structured to retain the armor, preferably but not exclusively, in the form of an armor plate on the base in substantially facing relation to the body of the user, wherein the outer portion is disposed in overlying, covering relation to the armor. Preferably the base is formed of a rigid material and an attachment assembly is connected to the base and structured to facilitate the operative and removable mounting of the base and the armor on the user in a predetermined protective orientation. The attachment assembly may also include a plurality of connectors and a common release mechanism, wherein the base and the armor can be quickly and easily removed from its protective orientation and operative mounting on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: National Molding, LLC.
    Inventor: James M. Rittenhouse, Jr.
  • Firing switch of the single/continuous firing air soft gun
    Patent number: 9347736
    Abstract: In a firing switch of the single/continuous firing air soft gun, the air soft gun includes a gun body and a barrel fixed in the gun body, and the firing switch includes a piston seat and a firing switch device, wherein the piston seat is disposed in the gun body and capable of reciprocally moving in horizontal with respect to the barrel; and the firing switch device is installed on the piston seat, and includes a stop piece and a toggle piece connected with the stop piece, and the stop piece is disposed corresponding to the trigger assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: VEGA FORCE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hao Huang, Wei-Hung Chung
  • Pump-action firearm with bolt carrier locking mechanism and folding butt stock
    Patent number: 9347737
    Abstract: A firearm comprising a barrel, a handguard disposed around the barrel; a manually operated pump-action reload mechanism, the pump-action reload mechanism comprising a hand-held actuation arrangement and a fore-end body, the fore-end body disposed around the barrel between the handguard and the barrel, and the hand-held actuation arrangement coupled to the fore-end body to operate the pump-action reload mechanism. In addition, or alternatively, the firearm may include a bolt carrier locking mechanism and/or a butt stock that may be folded on either side of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TROY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Troy, Sergey Monveldt, David Hewes, James P. Demaree
  • Front-grip lighting device
    Patent number: 9341440
    Abstract: A fore grip for a firearm houses a light source and power source. The light source is preferably a laser and the power source is preferably one or more batteries. A first switch is connected to a PCB and can be moved to respective positions that correspond to each of various operating conditions, such as continuously on, continuously off, and on when a second switch is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Larry E. Moore
  • Antiballistic panel with first and second laminates having fibers of different tensile modulus
    Patent number: 9341445
    Abstract: An antiballistic panel includes at least a first stack and a second stack. The first stack has a plurality of first laminates made of a first kind of fibers, and the second stack has a plurality of second laminates made of a second kind of fibers. Either the first kind of fibers or the second kind of fibers has a tensile modulus in the range of 40-85 GPa measured according to ASTM D7269. The other of the first kind of fibers or the second kind of fibers has a tensile modulus in the range of 86-140 GPa measured according to ASTM D7269.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: Teijin Aramid BV, Barrday, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc-Jan de Haas, Chinkalben Patel