Patents by Inventor Joshua Phillip Alexander

Joshua Phillip Alexander 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).

  • Publication number: 20250207882
    Abstract: A machine gun comprising a gun housing; a rotor assembly positioned within the gun housing; a barrel cluster including a plurality of barrels extending forward from the rotor assembly; one or more vents providing a path for expulsion away from the rotor assembly of gases emanating from a cartridge chambered in one of the plurality of barrels; and one or more of a rotor lock mechanism, a feed mechanism, a delinking and transfer mechanism, a searing mechanism, a drive system, a self-contained hardware barrel clamp, a threaded adapter barrel clamp, integrated mounts, and/or multiple feed inlet locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: TMP WEAPONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Phillip Alexander, Wade Karl SCHMIDT, Stephen McKinnley ESTEP
  • Patent number: 12292252
    Abstract: A feeder door of a feeder of a machine gun, the feeder including a feeder housing and the feeder door spring-loaded and pivotally coupled via a pivotal coupling to the feeder housing between at least an open position and a closed position, the feeder door comprising a base including a slot; a retainer lever; and a pivotal coupling independent of the feeder door and feeder housing pivotal coupling configured to spring-load and pivotally couple the retainer lever to the feeder housing between at least a stowed position with the retainer lever retracted in the slot of the base of the feeder door and a deployed position with the deployable portion extending outwardly from the slot of the base feeder door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: TMP Weapons, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Phillip Alexander, Stephen McKinnley Estep