Patents by Inventor Benjamin ISTAZ

Benjamin ISTAZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electrical priming of a firearm primer
    Patent number: 12392592
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a primer for a personal firearm. The primer includes a primer cup including a cylindrical side wall closed at one outer end by a bottom; a pyrotechnic charge placed in the primer cup; an electrical component suitable for producing the thermal energy needed for priming the pyrotechnic charge, the charge being in contact with the electrical component; a printed circuit board, said printed circuit board having an internal face comprising the electrical component in contact with the pyrotechnic charge, characterized in that said printed circuit board forms at least in part the outer bottom of the primer cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: FN HERSTAL S.A.
    Inventors: Guillaume Pont, Benjamin Istaz, Hugues Libotte, Patrick Heins, Bernard Baps, Romain Santus
  • ELECTRICAL PRIMING OF A FIREARM PRIMER
    Publication number: 20240118064
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a primer for a personal firearm. The primer includes a primer cup including a cylindrical side wall closed at one outer end by a bottom; a pyrotechnic charge placed in the primer cup; an electrical component suitable for producing the thermal energy needed for priming the pyrotechnic charge, the charge being in contact with the electrical component; a printed circuit board, said printed circuit board having an internal face comprising the electrical component in contact with the pyrotechnic charge, characterized in that said printed circuit board forms at least in part the outer bottom of the primer cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Guillaume PONT, Benjamin ISTAZ, Hugues LIBOTTE, Patrick HEINS, Bernard BAPS, Romain SANTUS