Patents by Inventor Robert Stanley Schilling

Robert Stanley Schilling 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: 20240044595
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Patent number: 11788808
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LWRC International LLC
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Publication number: 20230204312
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Patent number: 11578936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LWRC International LLC
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Publication number: 20220113101
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Patent number: 11175105
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly and a gas block assembly, wherein the adjustment subassembly may be coupled to the gas block assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LWRC International LLC
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Publication number: 20200166300
    Abstract: include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion. The adjustment subassembly may be coupled to the gas block assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Patent number: 10309737
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: LWRC International LLC
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Publication number: 20190017760
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Schilling, Jason Lee Miller, Michael R. Llewellyn
  • Patent number: 9506702
    Abstract: Weapon and rifle systems and methods with integral or non-removable ammunition well or reservoir are described. A lower receiver for an M16 type weapon or rifle system is described with an aperture for loading one or more cartridges into an ammunition well or reservoir formed as part of the lower receiver, a pull channel, a follower pull coupled to the pull channel, a follower adapted for retraction by the follower pull, a bottom cover to the ammunition well or reservoir, wherein the pull channel and follower pull are capable of retracting the follower past the aperture for loading one or more cartridges into the ammunition well or reservoir. Also described is a weapon or rifle system using the lower receiver described herein and a method for loading a weapon or rifle system using the lower receiver as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Josef Visinski, Andrew Visinski, William McCarson, Jesse Gomez, Robert Stanley Schilling