Patents Examined by Troy Chambers
  • Patent number: 12650280
    Abstract: A method of adding digital functionality to a scope. A scope reticle from the scope is aligned with a virtual reticle from a digital overlay of an electronic display device coupled to the scope. The scope reticle is present in a first coordinate space of the scope image and the virtual reticle is present in a second coordinate space. The alignment of the reticles maps the first coordinate space to the second coordinate space. The coordinate spaces are then locked and the virtual reticle is made invisible, switching from a configure mode to an operate mode. Digital functionality can then be provided to the scope via the digital overlay. This may include an aiming indicator which works with the scope reticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: NIMOH LTD
    Inventor: Kofi Nimoh
  • Patent number: 12644667
    Abstract: Provided is a reticle unit that includes a reticle with a sight line; an optical fiber that forms a dot by guiding light from a light source to a center of the sight line; and a frame to which the reticle is attached, wherein a light incident portion for receiving light is formed at one end of the optical fiber protruding out of a cutout portion of the frame, a light-emitting portion for emitting light is formed at another end of the optical fiber, the light incident portion has a spherical surface having a diameter greater than that of the optical fiber, the light-emitting portion has an inclined surface that reflects light passing through the optical fiber, and the optical fiber is fixed along a part of the sight line so that the light-emitting portion is positioned at the center of the sight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: LIGHT OPTICAL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatomi Iwanami, Kan Hanaoka, Toru Murakami
  • Patent number: 12644665
    Abstract: A buffer tube cover assembly includes a cover base assembly and an insert attached to a rear side of the cover base assembly. The cover base assembly includes a cover tube, a lever, a buffer locating portion, a spring, and at least one pin. The insert includes at least one forward protruding member disposed inside the cover base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Inventors: James Matthew Underwood, Alexander Benjamin Wallace Langub, Larry Cullen Underwood
  • Patent number: 12631417
    Abstract: A firearm accessory mounting device is disclosed, comprising a nut, a collar coupled to the nut, and a follower captured between the collar and within a cam track of the nut. When the nut is rotated relative to the collar, threaded engagement secures the nut to the collar. Once the threaded engagement causes a torque threshold to be reached, further rotation of the nut causes the follower to extend radially inward to create a compressive force on a muzzle device and quickly and stably attach the firearm accessory mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Shaw Armament Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan David Shaw, Joseph Curtis Jones
  • Patent number: 12624920
    Abstract: A Single Armament Control Unit (SACU) that operates a single missile tube as opposed to multiple tubes. The SACU provides for interlock pin and umbilical depression from the housing on the rotation of a single crankshaft controlled by a single motor where the rotor of the motor and the rotational axis of the crankshaft are generally parallel to the missile tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: On-Point Defense Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Parker Wilson Adams, Matthew Richard Montgomery
  • Patent number: 12624936
    Abstract: A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) deploys wire-tethered electrodes after generation of an ignition signal. The ignition signal is provided to a deployment unit. The deployment unit includes a primer material adjacent a conductor. The conductor conducts the ignition signal outside the primer material. A temperature of the conductor increases in response to receiving the ignition signal. The primer material ignites in response to the increase in temperature of the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventors: Steven N.D. Brundula, Oleg Nemtyshkin, Aleksander Petrovic, Patrick W. Smith
  • Patent number: 12601567
    Abstract: A viewing optic has a base and a housing. The housing has a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side and a top side. The front side, rear side, left side and right side extend upwardly from the base. The top side extends between the upper edges of the front side, rear side, left side and right side. A load absorbing/dispersing component is on at least a portion of the top side. The load absorbing/dispersing component comprises a load absorbing/dispersing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Sheltered Wings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Morell, Seth Toy, Kellen Beauchene
  • Patent number: 12601572
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shaped charge. The shaped charge includes an explosive component and a liner member coupled to the explosive component. The explosive component and the liner member emit a perforating jet based on ignition of the explosive component. The liner member has a planar symmetric portion that is planar symmetric along an axial length of the planar symmetric portion relative to planes perpendicular to a direction of the emitted perforating jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Austin, II, John Fuller
  • Patent number: 12571608
    Abstract: A handguard exhaust structure of a firearm includes: a barrel, a piston mechanism parallelly arranged with the barrel in a length direction and a positioning end, a sleeve extended from the positioning end, and a piston member actuating within the sleeve, two exhaust holes are respectively disposed at two sides of the sleeve and arranged to be adjacent to the positioning end; and a handguard allowing the barrel and the piston mechanism to be disposed therein, two divergent stoppers are respectively disposed on the handguard at locations corresponding to the two exhaust holes, each of the divergent stoppers is formed along a length direction of the handguard, a lower diverter hole and an upper diverter hole penetrating the handguard are disposed at two sides of each of the divergent stoppers. Accordingly, effects of lowering the temperature and prevent hands from being burnt are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: VEGA FORCE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Che Kung, Wei-Hung Chung
  • Patent number: 12570337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch control method for a rail transit signal system, and an apparatus for the method. When a switch control command of the signal system fails or the signal system confirms agreement with local switch control, the method is configured for performing maintenance operation on a switch via the local switch control apparatus. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of meeting the requirement of the local switch control, ensuring the safety of a maintenance person and operation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Pan, Xiaoyong Wang, Haigui Xu, Yanyang Xing, Yiran Lu, Shaowen Chen, Lingjiao Hong
  • Patent number: 12566055
    Abstract: A roll decoupling joint is provided for connecting a rocket motor to a payload. The joint includes a payload adapter, a motor sleeve, a rotational separator and a fastener. The adapter includes an annular socket and a cylindrical core. The socket is bounded by an opening lip and a bulkhead. The payload inserts into the socket through the lip. The core extends axially from the bulkhead opposite the lip. The sleeve is annularly axi-symmetric and inserts into the motor. This sleeve is disposed adjacent to the adapter and around the core supported by the separator. The fastener secures the core to the separator. In various embodiments, the separator constitutes a pair of bearings, and the fastener is a threaded bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Navy
    Inventors: Joshua Michael Bell, John Watt Fraysse, Jr., Robert Isaac Ponder
  • Patent number: 12566047
    Abstract: The devices, systems, and methods described herein are directed to a manual and assisted targeting system integrated into a weapon control system that includes dual triggers. One trigger is fully manual and is always operational. The second trigger is electronically controlled and is linked to aiming sensors, targeting sensors, and a controller comprising firing control logic. The firing control logic calculates an aim goal, based at least partially on location information pertaining to the target, and determines when the difference between the aimpoint of the weapon and the aim goal is below a threshold. In response to this determination, a control signal is sent to a trigger actuator to fire the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Flex Force Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Louise Archer, Jacob Ryan Sullivan, John Holbrook Vance, II
  • Patent number: 12546551
    Abstract: A muzzle device for a firearm may include a device body and a plurality of ball bearings. The device body may be configured to be removably secured to a mount body of a mount configured to be secured to a barrel of the firearm, the mount body including a plurality of lugs each extending radially outward relative to a longitudinal axis of the mount and including a stop and a detent. The device body may include a plurality of protrusions each extending radially inward relative to a longitudinal axis of the muzzle device and configured to engage the stop of a respective lug of the mount to prevent rotation of the muzzle device relative to the mount in a first direction. The ball bearings each may be configured to move relative to the device body and to engage the detent of a respective lug of the mount to inhibit rotation of the muzzle device relative to the mount in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Killer Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Brady Olsen
  • Patent number: 12545300
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a safe foothold apparatus for a platform, wherein a foothold plate protrudes from and is retracted into the platform by moving along a curved rotational route so that the foothold plate is re-retracted into the platform safely due to the operation structure even when a collision occurs between a train and the foothold plate in a protrusion state. Therefore, the present invention can prevent the foothold plate and the train from being damaged, thereby establishing safer boarding/alighting environment and stably maintaining the operational state of the foothold plate by using a frictional contact module even in an emergency situation. Accordingly, the present invention can improve safety through a simple structure, facilitate the manufacturing and establishment work by simplifying a structure of a manual operation module, reduce the size of a whole apparatus, and far enhance the operational stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOVE-X CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seo Jun Kim, Sung Jun Yun
  • Patent number: 12540793
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic with an active display and an enabler interface. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system comprising a viewing optic with an active display and an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Sheltered Wings, Inc.
    Inventors: Calen Havens, William Lowry, Sam Hamilton, Ian Klemm, Tom Cody, Garrison Bollig, Andy Carlson, Cory Taylor, Tim Rue, Tony Palzkill, Keegan Jauch, Zach Sausen, Alexander Lewis
  • Patent number: 12535283
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the sensors generating round count data based on a position of the one or more magnets relative to the <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors, and a first substantially flat antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second substantially flat antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second substantially flat antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first substantially flat antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Erin Czarnecki, Jeffrey Holt, Michael Leighton, Donald McKelvey, Steven Dunbar, Timothy Eric Roberts, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Eric Chow
  • Patent number: 12528522
    Abstract: A system for automatic coupling and release of at least a first vehicle having a cushioning system and of a second vehicle travelling on the railway network, at least a first hooking group of the first vehicle; a retractable screw body; and a horizontal shaft. At least a second hooking group of the second vehicle, includes an automatic head including a first and a second terminal element configured to be coupled to each other with complementary interlocking. The frontal structure of the first hooking group includes the retractable screw body, the first hooking group includes a tubular cavity; and the second hooking group comprises a thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: CO.EL.DA. SOFTWARE SRL
    Inventors: Antonio Lucisano, Francesco Lucisano, Maurizio Lucisano
  • Patent number: 12523442
    Abstract: A rifle with tapered interfaces has a receiver, a barrel extension connected to the receiver at a first interface, a barrel connected to the barrel extension at a second interface, a barrel nut element connected to the barrel extension at a third interface and to the barrel at a fourth interface, and at least two of the first, second, third, and fourth interfaces being tapered interfaces. The tapered interfaces may be stably tapered such that a wedging effect is generated. The barrel extension may have two tapered interfaces. The barrel extension may have a forward external tapered interface connecting to the barrel nut element and a forward internal tapered interface connecting to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: 03312004 LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Afshari
  • Patent number: 12510341
    Abstract: A communication module which is linked to a detonator which is initiated in response to a fire command signal, and wherein the communication module includes a transmitter which transmits a wireless signal which is dependent upon initiation of the detonator and which contains or conveys an identifier which uniquely identifies the detonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Michiel Jacobus Kruger, Marinus Yates, Daniel August Julien Louis Maurissens, Brian E. Petted
  • Patent number: 12497160
    Abstract: An inceptor apparatus for an aircraft having a primary inceptor member provided in the form of a stick member having a grip portion, at which the stick member can be gripped by a pilot's hand, and a secondary inceptor member provided at an upper portion of the primary inceptor member and having an actuating portion, at which the secondary inceptor member can be manually actuated by a pilot's thumb. Both inceptor members have associated a respective sensor assembly which is provided to generate electronic flight control signals or commands in response to at least one of i) pivoting movements of the respective inceptor member around each of two independent maneuvering axes associated to the inceptor member, ii) forces acting on or via the respective inceptor member in pivoting directions with respect to each of the maneuvering axes, and iii) lateral flexing or bending of the respective inceptor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rizzi Starr, Robert Austen Fox, Markus Scherdel, Alex Duarte Gomes, Vicente Martínez Martínez, Fabio Wilson Rodrigues, Rogério De Cerqueira Lario