Patents by Inventor Richard O. Hance

Richard O. Hance 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: 4532852
    Abstract: An attachment or accessory, for semi-automatic firearm, comprising a housing releasably attached to the trigger guard of the firearm, a rotor member rotatably supported in the housing and having cams or lobes adapted to repeatedly actuate the firearm trigger through the intermediary of a rocker member actuated by the rotor cams when the rotor member is rotated. A lever-supported crank and a meshing pinion arrangement rotates the rotor through a one-way clutch coupling when the lever is displaced in one direction, the one-way clutch coupling disconnecting the rotor from the pinion when the lever is displaced in an opposite direction to a return position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Inventors: Richard O. Hance, Gerald M. Hansen