Patents by Inventor Michael Burke Irwin

Michael Burke Irwin 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).

  • AMMUNITION MAGAZINE AND FOLLOWER
    Publication number: 20240142186
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ammunition magazines and followers for use in a firearm, such as an AR15 or M16 firearm, that prevent contact between the bullet portion of a cartridge and interior surfaces of the firearm's receiver portion during transfer of the cartridge from the magazine to the firearm's chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Philbin, Scott Richard Gherardini, Michael Burke Irwin
  • Ammunition magazine and follower configured to chamber an ammunition cartridge without contacting the bullet portion of the cartridge
    Patent number: 11859936
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ammunition magazines and followers for use in a firearm, such as an AR15 or M16 firearm, that prevent contact between the bullet portion of a cartridge and interior surfaces of the firearm's receiver portion during transfer of the cartridge from the magazine to the firearm's chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Superior Feed Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Philbin, Scott Richard Gherardini, Michael Burke Irwin
  • Trigger for a firearm
    Patent number: 11835313
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include a trigger assembly for a firearm including a rotatable disconnector biased by a detent ball and a return spring to reset the trigger, whereby resetting said trigger causes the rotation of said disconnector to completely decompress said return spring thereby providing no spring pressure on the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Burke Irwin
  • Trigger for a Firearm
    Publication number: 20220113104
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include a trigger assembly for a firearm including a rotatable disconnector biased by a detent ball and a return spring to reset the trigger, whereby resetting said trigger causes the rotation of said disconnector to completely decompress said return spring thereby providing no spring pressure on the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Burke Irwin
  • AMMUNITION MAGAZINE AND FOLLOWER
    Publication number: 20210389068
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ammunition magazines and followers for use in a firearm, such as an AR15 or M16 firearm, that prevent contact between the bullet portion of a cartridge and interior surfaces of the firearm's receiver portion during transfer of the cartridge from the magazine to the firearm's chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin Philbin, Scott Richard Gherardini, Michael Burke Irwin