Patents by Inventor George Ronald Christ

George Ronald Christ 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).

  • Cased telescoped ammunition firearm with dual feed
    Patent number: 10941994
    Abstract: A weapon for firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition includes a barrel, a chamber member and a carrier assembly. The chamber member defines a chamber for a CT round for firing, and translates between a firing position aligned with the barrel and an ejection/loading position. The chamber member is spring-biased toward the firing position. Dual-feed structure provides for both a magazine mode as well as a belt feed mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Shipley, Joshua Stephen Ruck, Gregory Paul Habiak, George Ronald Christ, Brandon Scott Recchia, Mark Allen Siemsen, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Kevin Michael Ayotte
  • CASED TELESCOPED AMMUNITION FIREARM WITH DUAL FEED
    Publication number: 20200348093
    Abstract: A weapon for firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition includes a barrel, a chamber member and a carrier assembly. The chamber member defines a chamber for a CT round for firing, and translates between a firing position aligned with the barrel and an ejection/loading position. The chamber member is spring-biased toward the firing position. Dual-feed structure provides for both a magazine mode as well as a belt feed mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Shipley, Joshua Stephen Ruck, Gregory Paul Habiak, George Ronald Christ, Brandon Scott Recchia, Mark Allen Siemsen, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Kevin Michael Ayotte
  • Cased telescoped ammunition firearm with translating chamber
    Patent number: 10584928
    Abstract: A weapon for firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition includes a barrel, a chamber member and a carrier assembly. The chamber member defines a chamber for a CT round for firing, and translates between a firing position aligned with the barrel and an ejection/loading position. The chamber member is spring-biased toward the firing position. The carrier assembly carries the firing pin and (1) performs a recoil in which a carrier and rammer move rearward from a battery position to bring the next CT round into a ramming position and to move the chamber member from the firing position to the ejection/loading position, and (2) performs a counter-recoil to return to the battery position and cause the rammer to push the next CT round into the chamber. The chamber member is released for biased return to the firing position for a next firing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AAI Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Shipley, Joshua Stephen Ruck, Gregory Paul Habiak, George Ronald Christ, Brandon Scott Recchia, Mark Allen Siemsen, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Kevin Michael Ayotte
  • CASED TELESCOPED AMMUNITION FIREARM WITH TRANSLATING CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20190049201
    Abstract: A weapon for firing cased telescoped (CT) ammunition includes a barrel, a chamber member and a carrier assembly. The chamber member defines a chamber for a CT round for firing, and translates between a firing position aligned with the barrel and an ejection/loading position. The chamber member is spring-biased toward the firing position. The carrier assembly carries the firing pin and (1) performs a recoil in which a carrier and rammer move rearward from a battery position to bring the next CT round into a ramming position and to move the chamber member from the firing position to the ejection/loading position, and (2) performs a counter-recoil to return to the battery position and cause the rammer to push the next CT round into the chamber. The chamber member is released for biased return to the firing position for a next firing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Shipley, Joshua Stephen Ruck, Gregory Paul Habiak, George Ronald Christ, Brandon Scott Recchia, Mark Allen Siemsen, Benjamin Tyler Cole, Kevin Michael Ayotte
  • Combination weapon
    Patent number: D418896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: AAI Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Shipley, Frederick Stephen Brown, Sr., Christopher J. Yaniger, Mark Mayo, George Ronald Christ, David O. Cleveland