Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Bantle

Hans-Peter Bantle 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: 9568262
    Abstract: Disassembly devices for use with firearms and firearms including such disassembly devices are disclosed. An example firearm includes a frame; a breech slide to be coupled to the frame; a barrel; a trigger bar disposed within the frame; and an arm to be pivotable about an axis between a locked position and a unlocked position, the arm being movable to the unlocked position from the locked position based on a magazine engaging an end of the arm, the arm being movable to the locked position from the unlocked position based on the magazine being spaced from the end of the arm or the magazine not being fully received within the firearm, in the locked position, the arm to interact with the trigger bar to secure the trigger bar, in the unlocked position, the lug to be spaced from the trigger bar to enable the trigger bar to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Daniel Braun, Stefan Doll, Frank Henninger, Rolf Knöpfle, Gerd Spinner
  • Publication number: 20160146559
    Abstract: Disassembly devices for use with firearms and firearms including such disassembly devices are disclosed. An example firearm includes a frame; a breech slide to be coupled to the frame; a barrel; a trigger bar disposed within the frame; and an arm to be pivotable about an axis between a locked position and a unlocked position, the arm being movable to the unlocked position from the locked position based on a magazine engaging an end of the arm, the arm being movable to the locked position from the unlocked position based on the magazine being spaced from the end of the arm or the magazine not being fully received within the firearm, in the locked position, the arm to interact with the trigger bar to secure the trigger bar, in the unlocked position, the lug to be spaced from the trigger bar to enable the trigger bar to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Daniel Braun, Stefan Doll, Frank Henninger, Rolf Knöpfle, Gerd Spinner
  • Patent number: 6865839
    Abstract: Safety devices for use with a handheld firearm are disclosed. The safety devices include a lever that can be pivoted into the travel path of the hammer of the firearm to preclude the hammer from striking a firing pin. In an example, the lever is connected to the trigger such that the safety device is released when the trigger is pulled. In another example, the lever protrudes into the magazine shaft of the firearm such that the safety device is only released when a magazine is inserted into the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch, GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Gerd Spinner, Helmut Weldle, Ernst Mauch
  • Publication number: 20050016639
    Abstract: Slides and methods for finishing a lock surface of a slide in a firearm are disclosed. A disclosed method of finishing a lock surface comprising a rearward facing wall adjacent an ejection window of a slide of an automatic firearm includes: (a) pointing a laser at at least one of the lock surface and a material surface bordering the lock surface; and (b) heating the at least one of the lock surface and the material surface bordering the lock surface with a laser beam to harden the lock surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Helmut Weldle, Hans-Peter Bantle
  • Publication number: 20030213160
    Abstract: Safety devices for use with a handheld firearm are disclosed. The safety devices include a lever that can be pivoted into the travel path of the hammer of the firearm to preclude the hammer from striking a firing pin. In an example, the lever is connected to the trigger such that the safety device is released when the trigger is pulled. In another example, the lever protrudes into the magazine shaft of the firearm such that the safety device is only released when a magazine is inserted into the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: Heckler & Koch GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Gerd Spinner, Helmut Weldle, Ernst Mauch
  • Patent number: 6604312
    Abstract: Safety devices for use with a handheld firearm are disclosed. The safety devices include a lever that can be pivoted into the travel path of the hammer of the firearm to preclude the hammer from striking a firing pin. In an example, the lever is connected to the trigger such that the safety device is released when the trigger is pulled. In another example, the lever protrudes into the magazine shaft of the firearm such that the safety device is only released when a magazine is inserted into the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Gerd Spinner, Helmut Weldle, Ernst Mauch
  • Publication number: 20020174586
    Abstract: Safety devices for use with a handheld firearm are disclosed. The safety devices include a lever that can be pivoted into the travel path of the hammer of the firearm to preclude the hammer from striking a firing pin. In an example, the lever is connected to the trigger such that the safety device is released when the trigger is pulled. In another example, the lever protrudes into the magazine shaft of the firearm such that the safety device is only released when a magazine is inserted into the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bantle, Gerd Spinner, Helmut Weldle, Ernst Mauch
  • Patent number: 6314859
    Abstract: An unlocked self-loading pistol and a conversion kit for modifying a locked self-loading pistol adapted for firing normal and powerful cartridges into an unlocked self-loading pistol capable of firing weak cartridges as well as normal and powerful cartridges is disclosed. The unlocked self-loading pistol includes a return spring which is closely surrounded on the outside by a sleeve composed of an elastomer material. The length of the elastomer sleeve corresponds approximately to the length of the compressed return spring. The sleeve absorbs a part of the movement energy of the breech and passes it on into the grip. The conversion kit can be used to convert a locked self-loading pistol into an unlocked self-loading pistol as stated above and vice versa. The disclosed conversion kit includes: an alternate barrel which does not come into locked engagement with the breech, the abovementioned elastomer sleeve, and, optionally, a substitute return spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Weichert, Ernst Mauch, Helmut Weldle, Hans-Peter Bantle
  • Patent number: 6070353
    Abstract: A hammer for a portable firearm, such as automatic pistol, which hammer is at least partially exposed and has a hammer piece (1), arranged for firing a bullet cartridge by striking action and an end piece (2) extending a given distance for facilitating grasping of the hammer piece and preferably connected to the hammer piece (1) in a flexible manner, where either the end piece (2), extends a given distance on the hammer piece (1), is mounted via a flexible connection, or the end piece (2) is made of a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Albrecht, Hans Peter Bantle, Robert Knopfle, Helmut Weldle
  • Patent number: 5654519
    Abstract: An automatic pistol, with at least a barrel (1) and a slide (2) that move relative to the rest of the firearm and to each other, whereby the barrel extends through an alignment channel (3) in the slide. The weapon included means (4) of centering the barrel around at least one axis through the slide such that the barrel will not jam. The means are elastic and resilient and rest lightly against the inner surface of the channel before the weapon is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Albrecht, Helmut Weldle, Hans-Peter Bantle
  • Patent number: D464702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Mauch, Hans-Peter Bantle, Helmut Weldle, Robert Knöpfle, Norbert Fluhr, Gerd Spinner
  • Patent number: D593629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Heckler & Koch, GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Peter Bantle, Frank Henninger