Patents by Inventor Timothy Eric Roberts

Timothy Eric Roberts 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: 12013201
    Abstract: An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: 11971238
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic switches arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the switches configured to activate based on a magnetic field exceeding a threshold, and a first antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and parallel to a firing direction of the firearm, and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Erin Czarnecki, Jeffrey Holt, Michael Leighton, Donald McKelvey, Steven Dunbar, Timothy Eric Roberts, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Eric Chow, Kyle Kellner, Joe Deppong
  • Publication number: 20240125572
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a bipod having pivot and cant functionality built into a unified cant/pivot assembly, housing, and pivot block. Rotation of a locking knob under the housing can gradually increase or decrease friction of the cant and pivoting degrees of freedom. Sufficient loosening of the locking knob can allow a pivot block to be lifted from the housing and rotated 18°, and then retightened to lock in a given pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry
  • Publication number: 20240077280
    Abstract: A sighting system for a firearm and related methods are disclosed. The sighting system has front and rear flip-up sights, wherein the front sight comprises a flip-up portion having an aperture through which a sight post can partially extend; a knob comprising one or more notches on a first side and the sight post extending from a second side; at least one detent arranged to face and interact with the one or more notches. The knob is configured to rotate about a first axis, where the rotation causes the sight post to move in a first direction along the first axis; tilting of the knob in a second direction based on the detent interfacing with the notches; and tilting of the sight post in the second direction, thereby forcing at least a portion of the sight post to press against the aperture, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary Freeman, Eric Nakayama, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240044614
    Abstract: An organizer system for use with a case including a base and a lid configured to be matingly coupled together for containing an object therein is disclosed. The organizer system includes a panel system including at least one panel, the at least one panel including a plurality of cutouts formed therein, and a plurality of mounting blocks, each one of the plurality of mounting blocks including a block body and at least one stud. The stud is configured to be removably insertable into one of the plurality of cutouts. When the mounting blocks are inserted into the cutouts adjacent to the object then the base and the lid are coupled together, the panel system and the mounting blocks cooperate to prevent shifting of the object within the case. A method for storing an object in a case using an organizer system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael Werner, Clinton Wade Lynch, Jacob Blick, Kellen Cooper Sansone
  • Patent number: 11867473
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a bipod having pivot and cant functionality built into a unified cant/pivot assembly, housing, and pivot block. Rotation of a locking knob under the housing can gradually increase or decrease friction of the cant and pivoting degrees of freedom. Sufficient loosening of the locking knob can allow a pivot block to be lifted from the housing and rotated 180°, and then retightened to lock in a given pivot position. Before this 180 rotation of the pivot block, the pivot block and hence the firearm is free to pivot up to 10°, or up to 20°, or up to 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry
  • Publication number: 20230392892
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the sensors generating round count data based on a position of the one or more magnets relative to the <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors, and a first substantially flat antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second substantially flat antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second substantially flat antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first substantially flat antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Erin Czarnecki, Jeffrey Holt, Michael Leighton, Donald McKelvey, Steven Dunbar, Timothy Eric Roberts, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Eric Chow
  • Patent number: 11815331
    Abstract: A sighting system for a firearm and related methods are disclosed. The sighting system has front and rear flip-up sights, wherein the front sight comprises a flip-up portion having an aperture through which a sight post can partially extend; a knob comprising one or more notches on a first side and the sight post extending from a second side; at least one detent arranged to face and interact with the one or more notches. The knob is configured to rotate about a first axis, where the rotation causes the sight post to move in a first direction along the first axis; tilting of the knob in a second direction based on the detent interfacing with the notches; and tilting of the sight post in the second direction, thereby forcing at least a portion of the sight post to press against the aperture, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Zachary Freeman, Eric Nakayama, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230304758
    Abstract: A magazine assembly for a firearm and a related method are disclosed. The assembly has a magazine housing defining a track, and a follower assembly. The magazine housing is configured to constrain a cartridge as the cartridge is moved within the magazine assembly such that majority of a proximal surface area of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing, and a distal tip of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry, Brian L. Nakayama, Richard M. Fitzpatrick, Eric Nakayama, William Bradley Bennett
  • Publication number: 20230272996
    Abstract: A sighting system for a firearm and related methods are disclosed. The sighting system has front and rear flip-up sights, wherein the front sight comprises a flip-up portion having an aperture through which a sight post can partially extend; a knob comprising one or more notches on a first side and the sight post extending from a second side; at least one detent arranged to face and interact with the one or more notches. The knob is configured to rotate about a first axis, where the rotation causes the sight post to move in a first direction along the first axis; tilting of the knob in a second direction based on the detent interfacing with the notches; and tilting of the sight post in the second direction, thereby forcing at least a portion of the sight post to press against the aperture, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Zachary Freeman, Eric Nakayama, Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: 11732991
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a bipod having pivot and cant functionality built into a unified cant/pivot assembly, housing, and pivot block. Rotation of a locking knob under the housing can gradually increase or decrease friction of the cant and pivoting degrees of freedom. Sufficient loosening of the locking knob can allow a pivot block to be lifted from the housing and rotated 180°, and then retightened to lock in a given pivot position. Before this 180 rotation of the pivot block, the pivot block and hence the firearm is free to pivot up to 10°, or up to 20°, or up to 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry
  • Patent number: 11719497
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the sensors generating round count data based on a position of the one or more magnets relative to the <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors, and a first substantially flat antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second substantially flat antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second substantially flat antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first substantially flat antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Erin Czarnecki, Jeffrey Holt, Michael Leighton, Donald McKelvey, Steven Dunbar, Timothy Eric Roberts, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Eric Chow
  • Publication number: 20230204316
    Abstract: An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230194203
    Abstract: A device may include an elongated body comprising an opening configured to receive a receiver extension tube of a firearm. A device may include a brace body affixed distally to the elongated body and comprising a window configured to receive a clamp mount, wherein the clamp mount is configured to retain the arm brace in a fixed position on the receiver extension tube and comprises: one or more clamps comprising at least one through-hole and one or more pads, wherein the one or more pads are configured to engage with the receiver extension tube via adjustment of one or more fasteners interfacing with the at least one though-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Cristopher McRae, Duane Liptak
  • Patent number: 11680763
    Abstract: A magazine assembly for a firearm and a related method are disclosed. The assembly has a magazine housing defining a track, and a follower assembly. The magazine housing is configured to constrain a cartridge as the cartridge is moved within the magazine assembly such that majority of a proximal surface area of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing, and a distal tip of the cartridge does not contact the magazine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry, Brian L. Nakayama, Richard M. Fitzpatrick, Eric Nakayama, William Bradley Bennett
  • Publication number: 20230109948
    Abstract: An accessory mounting interface for a firearm, and a related method, are disclosed. The interface has a firearm accessory, a first elongated fastener, and a second fastener rotationally mated to the first elongated fastener. The first elongated fastener has right-handed threading and is arranged through a through hole in the firearm accessory with a first end extending below first and second halves of a first slot protrusion of the firearm accessory. The second fastener has a length greater than a width, the length measured along a longitudinal axis of the second fastener, the second fastener having a plurality of straight edges. At least one of the plurality of straight edges prevents the second fastener from rotating further than a closed position when the at least one of the straight edges abuts a sidewall of an elongated slot in the firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, William Bradley Bennett, Timothy Eric Roberts, Duane Liptak, Brian L. Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11624577
    Abstract: An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: D995691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy Eric Roberts
  • Patent number: D1028505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Clinton Wade Lynch, William Furman O'Dell, Michael T. Mayberry
  • Patent number: D1029079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts, Michael T. Mayberry, Duane Liptak