Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Albright

Daniel L. Albright 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).

  • Patent number: 8764446
    Abstract: A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for an M249 machine gun. The non-firing housing includes one or more of a number of alterations as compared to a functioning M249 receiver. Such alterations include: providing a non-firing barrel support with substantial dimensional differences as compared to a standard M249 barrel support; providing a non-firing barrel support with additional structural features that prevent any bolt head (and particularly a standard M249 bolt head) from entering the battery position; providing right or left non-firing bolt rails with dimensional or structural or positional alterations as compared to standard right and left bolt rails for a standard M249; providing the non-firing housing with the absence of an ejection port; providing a non-firing right bolt rail with the absence of a hinge bore; and providing a non-firing left bolt rail with the absence of an ejector pin bore and back stop material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger, Brian E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8459172
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M249 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 8453554
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M60 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 8430670
    Abstract: A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun. The non-firing housing includes a thick sidewall that is thicker than the corresponding sidewall of the functioning receiver such that the non-firing housing prohibits the receipt of at least one of the required firing components that are received in the functioning receiver to create a functioning gun, thus prohibiting the use of the non-firing housing as a functioning receiver in a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Publication number: 20120144993
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M60 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Publication number: 20120144992
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M249 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 8087343
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for an M240 Assault Rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Publication number: 20110306019
    Abstract: A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for an M249 machine gun. The non-firing housing includes one or more of a number of alterations as compared to a functioning M249 receiver. Such alterations include: providing a non-firing barrel support with substantial dimensional differences as compared to a standard M249 barrel support; providing a non-firing barrel support with additional structural features that prevent any bolt head (and particularly a standard M249 bolt head) from entering the battery position; providing right or left non-firing bolt rails with dimensional or structural or positional alterations as compared to standard right and left bolt rails for a standard M249; providing the non-firing housing with the absence of an ejection port; providing a non-firing right bolt rail with the absence of a hinge bore; and providing a non-firing left bolt rail with the absence of an ejector pin bore and back stop material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger, Brian E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110168008
    Abstract: A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for an M240 Assault Rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Thomas M. Hardman, Daniel L Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Publication number: 20110146484
    Abstract: A striking mechanism for the semi-automatic operation of a cartridge firing firearm includes a receiver, a barrel attached to the receiver and providing a breach, an op rod assembly, and a bolt adapted for reciprocating movement within the receiver and engagable with the breach of the barrel and the face of a cartridge chambered therein. The bolt carries a primary firing pin, and a bolt lock means is pivotally connected to the bolt for selectively locking the bolt within the receiver. A bolt link assembly is pivotally connected to the bolt lock means and to the op rod assembly. The bolt link assembly provides a bolt link transfer pin. An op rod transfer pin is carried by the op rod assembly and can engage the bolt link transfer pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 7950178
    Abstract: A striking mechanism for the semi-automatic operation of a cartridge firing firearm includes a receiver, a barrel attached to the receiver and providing a breach, an op rod assembly, and a bolt adapted for reciprocating movement within the receiver and engagable with the breach of the barrel and the face of a cartridge chambered therein. The bolt carries a primary firing pin, and a bolt lock means is pivotally connected to the bolt for selectively locking the bolt within the receiver. A bolt link assembly is pivotally connected to the bolt lock means and to the op rod assembly. The bolt link assembly provides a bolt link transfer pin. An op rod transfer pin is carried by the op rod assembly and can engage the bolt link transfer pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger
  • Publication number: 20110120291
    Abstract: A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun. The non-firing housing includes a thick sidewall that is thicker than the corresponding sidewall of the functioning receiver such that the non-firing housing prohibits the receipt of at least one of the required firing components that are received in the functioning receiver to create a functioning gun, thus prohibiting the use of the non-firing housing as a functioning receiver in a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Robert I. Landies, Daniel L. Albright, Joshua G. Hershberger