Patents by Inventor Bernard Baps

Bernard Baps 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
  • Lockable ammunition
    Patent number: 12188752
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ammunition intended for cooperating with a barrel including a first fastening element. The ammunition has a cartridge case housing a projectile and an electrically primed primer for projecting the projectile during use. The cartridge case has a second fastening element to lock the ammunition in the barrel onto the first fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FN HERSTAL S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Baps, Damien Verhaegen, 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
  • LOCKABLE AMMUNITION
    Publication number: 20240102776
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ammunition intended for cooperating with a barrel including a first fastening element. The ammunition has a cartridge case housing a projectile and an electrically primed primer for projecting the projectile during use. The cartridge case has a second fastening element to lock the ammunition in the barrel onto the first fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Bernard BAPS, Damien VERHAEGEN, Romain SANTUS
  • Handgun
    Patent number: D1002776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Damien Verhaegen, Bernard Baps