Patents by Inventor Michele Schettini

Michele Schettini 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).

  • Method and system for loading and unloading cartridges into a magazine for firearms
    Patent number: 8549978
    Abstract: A firearm includes a breech or firing chamber 101 where the cartridge is made to explode, and a mouth portion 102 adapted to cause the cartridge to pass from the magazine to the breech. The magazine is engaged to the breech and includes a plurality of chambers 21 sequentially mobile with respect to breech 101 so as to present one after another in the loading position in which a charging mechanism 7 inserts the cartridge into breech 101. Each single chamber 21 can slide independently on at least one track 22 placed on the magazine longitudinally with respect to the axis X of breech 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: OTO Melara S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Chiappini, Michele Schettini
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING CARTRIDGES INTO A MAGAZINE FOR FIREARMS
    Publication number: 20110258898
    Abstract: A firearm includes a breech or firing chamber 101 where the cartridge is made to explode, and a mouth portion 102 adapted to cause the cartridge to pass from the magazine to the breech. The magazine is engaged to the breech and includes a plurality of chambers 21 sequentially mobile with respect to breech 101 so as to present one after another in the loading position in which a charging mechanism 7 inserts the cartridge into breech 101. Each single chamber 21 can slide independently on at least one track 22 placed on the magazine longitudinally with respect to the axis X of breech 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: OTO MELARA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Chiappini, Michele Schettini