With Single Actuator Patents (Class 42/42.01)
  • Patent number: 11391528
    Abstract: A mechanical device for cocking and percussion for single-trigger individual weapon and two barrels, which are plain or striped, juxtaposed or superimposed and weapons using such device are provided. The device is intended for defense weapons that use two center-fire or annular firing barrels or tubes using mechanical energy to initiate a pyrotechnic primer. It uses the action of the trigger on a single ratchet, attached to a gearwheel and an action piece on the hammer; this action is made alternative by a duplication of this gear wheel and action piece, one being driven by the other in rotation so that the actions on one or the other barrels are alternative. The weapon equipped with such a device can be equipped with an associated additional device that allows the visualization of the active barrel as well as the change of barrel that will fire the next shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Securengy SAS
    Inventors: Dejan Radojicic, Cyrille Raquin
  • Patent number: 10377319
    Abstract: A charging assembly for a mobile device in a vehicle includes a slot positioned in a vehicle console wherein the slot comprises a floating floor having at least one connector. The charging assembly further includes a spring positioned between the floating floor and a bottom surface of the charging assembly. The floating floor retracts into the vehicle console to both support and charge the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Hadley Muiter, Daniel A. Jammoul
  • Patent number: 10175012
    Abstract: A firearm with tilting barrel-receiver assembly includes a frame and a barrel-receiver assembly pivotably mounted to the frame. The barrel-receiver assembly is movable between an open position and a closed position. A latching mechanism includes a latch that selectively engages the barrel-receiver assembly. The latching mechanism may be disposed in the frame in one embodiment. The latching mechanism is movable between a locked position wherein the barrel-receiver assembly is held in the closed position and an unlocked position wherein the barrel-receiver assembly is movable to the tilted open position. The latch may be spring biased into the locked position. The barrel-receiver assembly may be configured for complete removal from the pistol in some embodiments. An interlock mechanism formed by a movable safety may be provided which prevents the barrel-receiver assembly from being unlocked when the firearm is in a ready-to-fire condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventors: David Anderson, Joseph J. Cramer, Dwight Potter
  • Patent number: 10139180
    Abstract: A gun lock of a firearm having two hammers movably disposed on a lock support, a trigger bar for each hammer for holding or releasing the hammers, a trigger, and a disconnector for the trigger, by which disconnector the trigger bars can be moved by the trigger from a holding position into a release position. The disconnector can be moved by an inertial mass between a triggering position, in which the trigger is connected to one of the two trigger bars, and a disconnect position, in which the connection between the trigger and the trigger bars is interrupted. The inertial mass is a pendulum mass swiveling about a transverse axis between a starting position and a safe position, by which the disconnector, upon the release of a first hammer, can be swiveled in a direction opposite to the direction of the pendulum mass into the disconnect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: L & O HUNTING GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Schmid, Sergej Popikov
  • Patent number: 10101108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a firearm takedown assembly. The preferred embodiment of the firearm takedown assembly comprises a docking plate configured to be removably secured to a firearm and a lever pivotably attached to the docking plate. The assembly may further comprise a pivot pin, wherein the lever is connected to the pivot pin. The lever is utilized to remove a takedown pin from the upper and lower receiver of the firearm so that a user may quickly disassembly the firearm. When the user desires to reassembly the user may thumb the lever to reinsert the takedown pin into the upper and lower receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: Travis Klein, Bart McCurdy
  • Patent number: 10030926
    Abstract: A trigger housing mounting system for a firearm includes a receiver having a mounting slot and cutouts which receive mounting tabs on the trigger housing. The trigger housing is slidable forward and rearward in the receiver between locked and unlocked positions. A spring-biased locking block is movably mounted on the trigger housing. During the mounting process, the locking block is movable between a non-blocking position and a blocking position which prevents removal of the trigger housing from the receiver. A related mounting method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Philip Mather, Adam Jay Taylor, Benjamin K. Parker, Shane M. Bernier, David B. Kangas
  • Patent number: 9909828
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a firearm takedown assembly. The preferred embodiment of the firearm takedown assembly comprises a docking plate configured to be removably secured to a firearm and a lever pivotably attached to the docking plate. The assembly may further comprise a pivot pin, wherein the lever is connected to the pivot pin. The lever is utilized to remove a takedown pin from the upper and lower receiver of the firearm so that a user may quickly disassembly the firearm. When the user desires to reassembly the user may thumb the lever to reinsert the takedown pin into the upper and lower receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventors: Travis Klein, Bart McCurdy
  • Patent number: 9534859
    Abstract: A rifle has a receiver, a cartridge chamber connected to the receiver, and a bolt slideable longitudinally in the receiver, the bolt is engageable with a cartridge in the chamber. A bolt carrier is slideable longitudinally in the receiver to move the bolt into and out of engagement with a cartridge in the cartridge chamber, and a bolt handle is connected to the bolt carrier. The bolt handle is positionable in a manual position extending from one side of the rifle to permit manual firing of the rifle and in a semiautomatic position about 180 degrees different from the manual position and extending from the other side of the rifle to permit semiautomatic firing of the rifle. The position of the bolt carrier may be changed between the manual and semiautomatic positions without removing the bolt carrier from the rifle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent P. Battaglia, Philip Battaglia
  • Patent number: 7207130
    Abstract: An over-and-under shotgun apparatus includes a radius track which serves as a hinge for articulating the barrel portion of the shotgun apparatus relative to the receiver/stock portion of the shotgun apparatus. The radius track is defined by a female or concave portion formed on the monoblock attached to the shotgun barrels, and a male or convex portion formed on the frame or receiver section. The radius track defines a pivot axis that is spaced from the radius track. The radius track provides a substantial surface area sufficient to absorb all of the recoil force generated when the shotgun is discharged. No additional abutment surfaces are needed. A further aspect of the invention involves a novel trigger assembly, including a striker which moves toward the front end of the firearm when the firearm is cocked, and moves toward the butt end of the firearm when the trigger is pulled to discharge the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Browning Arms Company
    Inventors: Joseph F. N. Rousseau, Dwight M. Potter
  • Patent number: 7165350
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a gunlock system for a multiple-barrel gun, with at least two hammers that are arranged in displaceable fashion on a basquill lock part, one respective hammer holder assigned to each hammer, and a trigger device that comprises sears assigned to the firing pins, a trigger and a selector mechanism, wherein the selector mechanism contains a selector element that can be displaced on the basquill lock part, and wherein a rocker that can be actuated by the trigger is movably arranged on the selector element. A pendulum mass arranged on the selector element is connected to the rocker in such a way that the distance between the rocker and the sears is increased during an excursion of the pendulum mass from a predetermined starting position under the influence the acceleration or deceleration of the selector element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: S.A.T. Swiss Arms Technology AG
    Inventor: Sergej Popikow
  • Patent number: 7159353
    Abstract: A shotgun has two or more firing chambers, each chamber having an exit opening, and a single barrel. A transition connects the exit openings of the firing chambers to the barrel. A movable cover is positioned over or adjacent to the exit opening of at least one of the plurality of firing chambers and can be moved to be positioned over the exit opening of another of the firing chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 6951071
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a trigger mechanism of an electronic weapon. The trigger mechanism eliminates the need of a shooter having to master the pulling of the trigger of a rifle with the tip of his index finger and also minimizes the importance of proper breathing techniques when firing the rifle. The trigger mechanism of the electronic weapon has two major components. The first is a mouth operated switch that facilitates the firing of the electronic rifle. The second piece is the electronic rifle. The two pieces might be connected using an electrical cord or a radio frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventors: Adelfo Acosta, Elier Aquiar
  • Patent number: 6796067
    Abstract: A lock system for a multi-barrel gun with at least two movably arranged firing pin pieces and a trigger device that has sears associated with the firing pin pieces, at least one trigger, and a switching mechanism for automatically connecting the trigger to the sear of the not yet released second firing pin piece after the firing of a first shot as a consequence of an actuation of the sear of the first firing pin piece for its release by the trigger. The switching mechanism has a base body that can shift in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the gun. The base body includes a firing lever rotatably arranged on it that can be actuated by the trigger, that is at an interval from the sears in the cocked state of the firing pin pieces and that does not engage with the sear belonging to the second firing pin piece for firing the second shot until after completion of the spring-back of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: S.A.T. Swiss Arms Technology AG
    Inventor: Sergej Popikow
  • Publication number: 20040128897
    Abstract: A lock system for a multi-barrel gun with at least two movably arranged firing pin pieces and a trigger device that has sears associated with the firing pin pieces, at least one trigger, and a switching mechanism for automatically connecting the trigger to the sear of the not yet released second firing pin piece after the firing of a first shot as a consequence of an actuation of the sear of the first firing pin piece for its release by the trigger. The switching mechanism has a base body that can shift in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the gun. The base body includes a firing lever rotatably arranged on it that can be actuated by the trigger, that is at an interval from the sears in the cocked state of the firing pin pieces and that does not engage with the sear belonging to the second firing pin piece for firing the second shot until after completion of the spring-back of the weapon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Sergej Popikow
  • Patent number: 6615527
    Abstract: In a firearm having a trigger assembly with a trigger nose, a hammer with a sear hook and a trigger notch, a disconnector and an automatic sear, an improvement including a notched bifurcating the sear hook of the hammer for receiving the disconnector in a past-cocked position. Further improvements include the trigger notch being offset rearwardly from a center of the pivot point resulting in a slightly changed angle away from an acute engagement angle with the trigger nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Derrick J. Martin
  • Patent number: 6460281
    Abstract: A single trigger sequential firing mechanism for a double barrel firearm fires the two barrels or chambers successively upon successive trigger actuation, without need for a separate selector switch. The firing pins are driven by linear motion of corresponding pistons or plungers, rather than by arcuate motion of pivoting hammers. The present invention is adaptable to various double barrel gun configurations, but is particularly adaptable for use with over and under double barrel shotguns. Three different embodiments are disclosed, with each having identical parts and components with the exception of the upper portion of the trigger body. The first embodiment fires the two barrels successively upon successive pulls of the trigger. The second embodiment fires the two barrels after a first trigger pull and a subsequent release of the trigger. Finally, a third embodiment fires the two barrels upon successive trigger releases, after the trigger has been pulled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: David Schaeffer