Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12569778 - Flying disc(s) with handle

This invention is a type of flying disc. It has very special features that makes it unique and an innovation. To the flying disc part one can add a handle, thus, making it a flying disc with a handle protruding downwards from the center of the flying disc part. To this flying disc with a handle, one can add many features like: an overhang, a dome, lights, sound devices, solar panels, computer, buttons, light sensors, speakers, TV screen, meteorological instruments, remote control, drone capabilities, flaps, wings, propellers, etc. Also, this flying disc with a handle rotates like a top on various surfaces. Thus, it is a flying disc and a top in one. To the flying disc with a handle, one can add or take off parts, like extensions, handle, and flying disc parts to create bigger or more interesting flying discs, as shown in the drawings.

US12571532 - Combined wearable law enforcement patrol light and signal device and kit

A wearable law enforcement patrol light and signal device including a housing to be worn by a law enforcement patrol officer on a bulletproof vest or on an arm. A high intensity light source is mounted in a front plate of the housing, the high intensity light source electrically connected to a source of electric power in the housing. A switch activates and deactivates the high intensity light source, or the high intensity light source may automatically deactivate. The high intensity light source emits an alternating burst of light of at least five thousand lumens outward when the high intensity light source is activated. The housing of the device also supports a plurality of warning lights, identification badging, a communication system, and other features in a single housing that a patrol officer would normally wear as independent elements.

US12571601 - Charging slide for foldable firearm

A charging slide for carrying a bolt and latching a firearm in a folded position. The charging slide comprises a body, a projection, and a grip. The projection extends away from a first surface of the body along a first axis. The projection is configured to engage the bolt. The grip extends away from a first side of the body along a second axis oriented transversely to the first axis. The grip comprises a surface configured to engage an edge of a slot in a handguard of the firearm when the firearm is in the folded position. A receiver assembly and foldable firearm comprising the charging slide are also included.

US12571602 - Trigger assembly

A trigger assembly can include a sear defining a trigger bar engagement surface and a reset notch; and a trigger bar including an upper leg, the upper leg defining a sear engagement surface, the upper leg deflectable from a default leg shape to a disconnected leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally aligned with the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the default leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally misaligned from the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the disconnected leg shape.

US12571603 - Silencer for multi barrel weapon systems

A suppressor for a multi-barrel weapon system includes an adapter baffle configured to engage the weapon system and receive the muzzles of the barrels, a plurality of extension baffles configured to be aligned with and arranged in a stack on the adapter baffle, and an endcap baffle configured to align with the extension baffles and engage the final extension baffle in the stack. A plurality of projectile apertures in each baffle aligns with the muzzles to define a plurality of parallel bullet paths. Each projectile aperture can be in fluid communication with each other projectile aperture. Each extension baffle can include a plurality of internal vanes configured to circulate propellant gasses emitted from the muzzles of each barrel within an interior space at least partially defined by the extension baffle. The adapter baffle can define an expansion space in which propellant gases emitted from each muzzle comingle during discharge of the weapon system.

US12571604 - Firearm for unmanned underwater vehicles

An underwater firearm is disclosed. The underwater firearm includes a barrel for receiving an ammunition. A slip mechanism is utilized to removably secure the underwater firearm to an unmanned underwater vehicle. The slip mechanism includes a pillow block secured to the unmanned underwater vehicle, a shear ring situated within a barrel groove of the barrel, a collet wrapped around the shear ring, and a capture nut, along with the collet, for confining the shear ring within the barrel groove in order to secure the barrel in order to enable accurate aiming before firing.

US12571605 - Firearm shooting rest

A weapon support and associated components and methods. The weapon support includes a frame including one or more legs, and the weapon support includes a weapon support head supported by the frame. The weapon support head includes a cradle including first and second jaws configured to selectively clamp the weapon. The cradle can be pivoted relative to the frame to adjust an aim of the weapon relative to the frame.

US12571606 - Muzzle flash simulator and light track generation method

A muzzle flash simulator and a light track generation method are provided. The muzzle flash simulator includes: a projectile channel provided inside the muzzle flash simulator, and the projectile channel coaxial with a flight trajectory of a projectile; at least one projectile sensor connected to a controller and preset to transmit a trigger signal to the controller when detecting the projectile passes through the projectile channel; in which the controller is configured to output at least two control signals that periodically change according to the trigger signal; and at least one group of flash simulation light sources connected to the controller, in which the at least one group of flash simulation light sources includes at least two light-emitting elements having different colors, and the light-emitting elements are configured to periodically emit lights having different colors to the projectile according to the control signals to form a light track.

US12571607 - Crossbow with pulley assembly

A crossbow includes a flexible limb with a first end coupled to a frame and a second end. The crossbow includes a draw string that is configured to move between a released position and a drawn position. The crossbow includes a pulley assembly with a lever arm rotatably coupled to the flexible limb and configured to rotate about a lever arm axis. The pulley assembly includes a pulley rotatably coupled to the lever arm and configured to rotate about a pulley axis that is spaced apart from the lever arm axis by a fixed distance. The pulley includes a first and second draw string grooves. The draw string is received by the first and second draw string grooves. The lever arm and the pulley are each configured to rotate in a first direction as the draw string is moved from the released position to the drawn position.

US12571608 - Handguard exhaust structure of firearm

A handguard exhaust structure of a firearm includes: a barrel, a piston mechanism parallelly arranged with the barrel in a length direction and a positioning end, a sleeve extended from the positioning end, and a piston member actuating within the sleeve, two exhaust holes are respectively disposed at two sides of the sleeve and arranged to be adjacent to the positioning end; and a handguard allowing the barrel and the piston mechanism to be disposed therein, two divergent stoppers are respectively disposed on the handguard at locations corresponding to the two exhaust holes, each of the divergent stoppers is formed along a length direction of the handguard, a lower diverter hole and an upper diverter hole penetrating the handguard are disposed at two sides of each of the divergent stoppers. Accordingly, effects of lowering the temperature and prevent hands from being burnt are achieved.

US12571609 - Quick release holster

A holster assembly includes a holster having an interior shaped to receive a handgun, and an entrance. An ejection port restraint pivotally connected to the holster includes a latch and is biased toward an obstruction position for engaging the latch with the ejection port of the handgun. A release device mounted on the holster body is configured to actuate both the ejection port restraint and the hood restraint, each toward the respective non-obstruction position thereof, in response to a single movement by a user to allow the handgun to be withdrawn from the holster.

US12571610 - Optical sight for firearm with integral rear sight

A passively and naturally illuminated optical reflex sighting system for a firearm in one embodiment includes a housing configured for detachable coupling to the firearm, an optical lens supported by the housing, a fiber optic element, and a light-transmissible cover enclosing the fiber optic element. The cover and fiber optic element are in visual communication with ambient light which is collected by fiber optic element through the cover. In operation, the fiber optic element absorbs ambient light and generates a reticle on the lens for aiming the firearm. A red or other colored dot reticle may be projected on the lens in some embodiments. No onboard artificial light is used to illuminate the fiber optic element. The housing may include an integrally-formed rear sight which is alignable with a front sight to aim the firearm independently of the fiber optics generated reticle.

US12571611 - Method and system for rail grabber with attenuated mechanical response

An attenuated rail grabber includes a rigid support member operable to be mounted on a weapon and support an optical device including a first fastener receiver and a second fastener receiver. The attenuated rail grabber includes a fastening mechanism coupled to the rigid support member and operable to fasten the rigid support member to the weapon. The attenuated rail grabber includes a first spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The first spring feature includes a fore mounting tab having a fore fastener aperture. The attenuated rail grabber also includes a second spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The second spring feature includes an aft mounting tab having an aft fastener aperture. The fore fastener aperture is operable to receive a first fastener joined to the first fastener receiver and the aft fastener aperture is operable to receive a second fastener joined to the second fastener receiver.

US12571612 - Ballistic calculator hub

The disclosure relates to a device for providing a ballistic solution. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a device for storing one or more ballistic calculators for providing a ballistic solution. In one embodiment, the device communicates with one or more laser rangefinders.

US12571613 - Clamping system for accessories on a Picatinny rail

A clamping system for accessories on a Picatinny rail. The system can be moved by a horizontally pivotable lever from a released state into a state clamped on the Picatinny rail. In the state clamped on the Picatinny rail, a contact face of a movable clamping jaw with respect to the eccentric cam of the lever is located above the surface and within the width B of the Picatinny rail.

US12571614 - Anti-ballistic barrier with extendable retention system

An anti-ballistic barrier system with a plurality of support mounts and an anti-ballistic shield configured to extend across a targeted area. The plurality of support mounts is configured to couple the shield to a support structure adjacent the targeted area. A plurality of extendable connectors extends between the anti-ballistic shield and the plurality of support mounts. A polyester shield cover may extend over the anti-ballistic shield. The plurality of extendable connectors may be positioned at regular intervals around a perimeter of the shield and may be formed of a material having an elongation percentage property of at least 100%. The anti-ballistic shield may be movable between a retracted position in which a majority of the targeted area is exposed and an extended position in which the anti-ballistic shield extends across a majority of the targeted area.

US12571615 - Smart personal safety devices, systems, and methods

Smart personal safety device, system, and method. A personal safety device for dispensing a chemical irritant includes a body for receiving a product cannister, a first actuation mechanism for dispensing product from a product cannister received within the body, and a wireless data communication module coupled to the body for wirelessly transmitting a triggering signal to a remote receiver when the first actuation mechanism is actuated to dispense product from a product cannister received within the body. The wireless data communication module is separable from the body. The wireless data communication module includes a second actuation mechanism configured to actuate the data communication module when the wireless data communication module is separated from the body. The personal safety device can be incorporated into a personal safety system that can send an emergency alert signal to third parties when the chemical irritant is dispensed.

US12571616 - Mine clearing line charge design with improved efficiency

A mine clearing device configured to be propelled into an area and detonated after landing has a detonating cord and a plurality of explosive blocks along the detonating cord. Each of the plurality of explosive blocks is configured such that, upon landing, a majority of the explosive material is between a ground and a horizontal plane of the detonating cord.

US12571617 - Testing and data transfer to artillery guiding kits

Projectile guiding assemblies, caps and methods of delivering power for testing and optionally data over spring-mounted fin(s) of the guiding assembly are provided. The guiding assemblies are configured to have continuous electrically conductive path(s) from the fin(s), through the respective spring(s) on which the fin(s) are mounted, and into the electronics module, which may receive power for testing and guiding data from external source(s) over the electrically conductive path(s). In the testing state, cap mechanically secures the fin(s) to contact(s) thereupon to assure continuous power and data transfer, sparing surface area that was previously dedicated to power and data transfer and simplifying these processes, especially under field conditions.

US12571618 - Launch initiated low-drag seeker window cover

A guided vehicle that includes a body, a propulsion system operably engaged inside of the body, a housing operably engaged with the body and encasing a guidance device inside of the housing, a viewing window of the guidance device, and a cover moveably engaged with the housing, wherein the cover is moveable between a pre-flight configuration and a flight configuration. In the pre-flight configuration, the cover covers the viewing window. In the flight configuration, the cover is configured to expose the viewing window in the flight configuration in response to an impulse of acceleration generated by a launch of the guided vehicle.

US12571619 - Ammunition press and components thereof

An ammunition press for manufacturing or reloading ammunition cartridges. The ammunition press includes an adjustable shell holder for holding ammunition shells (sometimes called cases) of various sizes. A catch tray is provided for collecting spent primers or other debris. According to a user's preference, the ammunition press can be customized to provide an over-center actuated configuration or a non-over-center actuated configuration. A light is integrated with the press for illuminating the shell holder. Components of the press and associated methods are also disclosed.

US12571620 - Ammunition press and components thereof

An ammunition press for manufacturing or reloading ammunition cartridges. The ammunition press includes a slide bearing about which the ram of the ammunition press moves to provide smooth operation of the ammunition press. A configurable spent primer system is provided to enable a user to select how they want to collect spent primers or other debris from the ammunition press. According to a user's preference, the ammunition press can also be customized to provide a cam-over or non-cam-over sensation as the user operates the ammunition press. A light is integrated with the ammunition press for illuminating a shell holder that holds the ammunition shells (sometimes called cases). Components of the ammunition press and associated methods are also disclosed.

US12571621 - Detonator assembly placement

A device which is used to position a detonator assembly in a borehole. The device has a housing with an open mouth into which one end of the detonator assembly is inserted, formations on the housing which then engage with the detonator assembly, and flexible elements which extend from the housing and which are configured, in use, to engage with a wall of a borehole into which the device and the detonator assembly are inserted.

USD1117595 - Multiple-barrel firearm

USD1117599 - Firearm suppressor

USD1117601 - Ledged takedown lever for a pistol

USD1117602 - Ledged takedown lever for a pistol

US12564227 - Rate-sensitive protective apparel

A rate-sensitive protective apparel including an outer fabric shell, first and second sealing material layers positioned within the outer fabric shell, and a shear thickening fluid core disposed between the first and second sealing material layers is provided. The sealing material layers have fibers extending towards the apparel interior and enmeshing the shear thickening fluid core, and the shear thickening fluid directly contacts with the sealing material and the fibers.

US12565748 - Protection device against truck ramming attacks

An anti-ramming truck barrier element may include: an essentially horizontal arresting bar, and an essentially vertical pivot bar. The vertical pivot bar has at least three fasteners distributed along the length of each side. The arresting bar is rigidly connected to the pivot bar. Connecting bars are pivotably connected to the side of the pivot bar, and are being adapted to be cross-connected at different crossing angles to adjacent pivot bars, using the at least three fasteners distributed along the length of each side of the pivot bar.

US12566036 - Firearm receiver

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for use in or with firearms. A firearm receiver includes an elongated channel machined or 3D printed from a metallic material, and has a front end and a rear end. The firearm also includes a front trunnion having a rear portion coupled to the front end of the elongated channel and having a front portion configured to couple to a handguard. Also includes is a rear trunnion coupled to the rear end and configured to receive an accessory adapter.

US12566037 - Hunting or sports weapon with improved magazine arrangement

A hunting or sports weapon with a handguard ( 4 ) attached to a receiver ( 5 ) and a barrel ( 3 ), wherein the barrel ( 3 ) with a cartridge chamber ( 34 ) leads into a breechblock ( 26 ) and forms a breech face ( 20 ) for the cartridge to be fired there, wherein a magazine well ( 24 ) for the introduction of a magazine ( 17 ) is arranged on or in the receiver ( 5 ), and on the receiver ( 5 ) a trigger unit ( 6 ), wherein a buttstock ( 11 ) adjoins the receiver ( 5 ), wherein the magazine ( 17 ) is arranged in a swivel unit ( 31 ) which can be swung away in a horizontal axis or in a plug unit ( 32 ) and is integrated at least partly in the buttstock ( 11 ).

US12566038 - Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

US12566039 - Underlap stabilizing stand

An underlap stabilizing stand including a holder structured to support an elongate object therein, an upper swivel, a base, a lower swivel, and a longitudinal support between the holder and the base. The holder is connected to the longitudinal support via the upper swivel and the base is connected to the longitudinal support via the lower swivel. The underlap stabilizing stand is structured to stabilize, position and aim the elongate object along x, y, and z axes of the underlap stabilizing stand.

US12566040 - Firearm

A firearm with a slide and a frame. The slide has a slide rail. The frame has a frame rail. The frame rail interfaces with the slide rail. The frame rail has a lubrication groove and a debris removal port. The lubrication groove extends along a surface of the frame rail that bears against the slide rail during operation of the firearm. The debris removal port has gap within the frame rail proximate to an end of the lubrication groove.

US12566041 - Crossbow with pulleys that rotate around stationary axes

A crossbow including a frame with a riser and a center rail. First and second flexible limbs are attached to the riser. A draw string is received in string guide journals in first and second cams rotatably attached to the frame. The draw string unwinds from the string guide journals as it translates between a released configuration and a drawn configuration. The first and second cams include at least first and second power cable take-up journals, respectively. At least first and second power cables are attached to the first and second limbs and received in the first and second power cable take-up journals, respectively. As the crossbow is drawn from the released configuration to the drawn configuration the first and second power cables wrap onto the respective first and second power cable take-up journals.

US12566042 - Reduced length crossbow

A crossbow including a center rail including a bottom portion, a proximal end, and a distal end positioned opposite the proximal end, the center rail at least partially defining a crossbow length and a midpoint plane intersecting a horizontal midpoint of the crossbow, a riser extending horizontally from the distal end, one or more limbs coupled to the riser, and a trigger extending from the bottom portion of the center rail and positioned within ten percent of the crossbow length from the midpoint plane.

US12566043 - Bow and cam assembly

A crossbow string guides that include upper and lower helical power cable journals on opposite sides of a draw string journal. A separation between first and second axis of the string guides in a drawn configuration is about 5 inches to about 10 inches and the draw string in the drawn configuration comprises an included angle of less than about 25 degrees. First and second pairs of power cables wrap and unwrap at least 300 degrees around, the respective first and second upper and lower helical power cable journals as the draw string moves between a released configuration to a drawn configuration.

US12566044 - Crossbow de-cocker and related method of use

A crossbow can include a de-cocking system to allow a bowstring to be transitioned from a drawn mode to an undrawn mode. The de-cocking system can include a sled that engages the bowstring to draw it to a drawn mode and/or lets down the bowstring to the undrawn mode during a de-cocking operation. The sled can include a stop that prevents the sled or bowstring from engaging a safety and/or interfering with transition of the safety from a safety on mode to a safety off mode. The safety can be manually actuated from the safety on mode to the safety off mode. With the safety in the off mode, upon actuation of a trigger assembly, the sled assists transition of the bowstring to the undrawn mode. The stop can be reconfigured to a neutral mode so the sled can be used to draw the bowstring. A related method is provided.

US12566045 - Rear firearm sight slide elevator

A rear firearm sight slide elevator with a base member that is configured to surround a part of a firearm barrel and first and second clips that are situated on top of the base member and parallel to each other, with the first clip situated along a first side of the base member and the second clip situated on a second side of the base member. Each clip has a top part in the form of an elongated member, a bottom part in the form of an elongated ramp, and a hinge that connects the top part to the bottom part at a rear end of the clip. The elongated member includes a plurality of teeth that extend downwardly from a bottom surface of the elongated member. The hinge may be rounded or rectangular in shape.

US12566046 - Archery bow risers and bow accessories having leveling devices

Archery bow risers and bow accessories are provided which comprise integrated level devices for use in, e.g., tuning and installing accessories on archery bows such as compound bows. For example, a bow sight device comprises a mounting bracket configured for attachment to a bow riser, and a sight housing adjustably connected to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket comprises a first level device and a second level device. The first level device is configured to enable a user to level the bow riser in a first direction, when the bow sight device is attached to the bow riser. The second level device is configured to enable a user to level the bow riser and the sight housing in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, when the bow sight device is attached to the bow riser.

US12566047 - Dual trigger weapon control system with integrated manual and assisted targeting

The devices, systems, and methods described herein are directed to a manual and assisted targeting system integrated into a weapon control system that includes dual triggers. One trigger is fully manual and is always operational. The second trigger is electronically controlled and is linked to aiming sensors, targeting sensors, and a controller comprising firing control logic. The firing control logic calculates an aim goal, based at least partially on location information pertaining to the target, and determines when the difference between the aimpoint of the weapon and the aim goal is below a threshold. In response to this determination, a control signal is sent to a trigger actuator to fire the weapon.

US12566048 - High buoyancy composite materials

Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.

US12566049 - Body armor system

An armor carrier comprises a plate bag removably attachable to a soft armor carrier. The soft armor carrier comprises at least one panel and, in some cases, a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of shoulder straps. The pair of shoulder straps may include one or more spaced-apart slit openings in a patterned configuration, and the front and rear panels of the soft armor carrier include one or more spaced-apart slit openings in a horizontal or vertical orientation. The plate bag, which comprises a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of shoulder straps corresponding with respective components of the soft armor carrier, is donned over the soft armor carrier. The plate bag is removably secured to the soft armor carrier via one or more attachment fittings disposed on the plate bag that respectively engage the one or more of slit openings on the soft armor carrier.

US12566050 - Protective vehicle surround shield

An attachable and detachable surround shield assembly is mountable onto a host vehicle to convert the host vehicle into a protective mobile structure. The surround shield protects the occupant or occupants of the host vehicle from wind or debris and is made of a ballistic material that resists bullets, projectiles, and the like. Optionally, a rear platform mounted to the vehicle provides for the protected advance of multiple people. The surround shield includes hinged door panels that may be opened to allow for lateral protection of responders whether the vehicle is stopped or in motion.

US12566051 - Floating barrier system

A floating barrier system has a plurality of connected floating barrier units. Capture net segments are positioned on the floating barrier units by support post members, forming a barrier to vessel passage. Lanyards attach the ends of the capture net segments to the floating barrier units. Upon a vessel striking the capture net segments with sufficient force, the capture nets detach from the support post members and/or pull the support post members over, and the forces from the vessel are transferred via the lanyards to the floating barrier unit. The vessel is prevented from fully passing over the floating barrier unit, thus itself forming a barrier to passage by other vessels.

US12566052 - Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) warhead

In a MEFP warhead detonation of the main charge is controlled to provide elevated pressure at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner to cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of EFPs. An initiation system is configured for multi-point initiation of a plurality of booster charges to detonate the main charge to produce a plurality of detonation waves that constructively interfere at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner to form pressure hot spots that cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of EFPs. In different embodiments, the elevated pressures are between 110% and 200% of the detonation pressure at the front of an individual detonation wave. The liner may, for example, be a flat plate or a include a plurality of dimples in which case the boosters are aligned to the center of the dimples.

US12566053 - Mid-body warhead for projectile

A warhead includes a casing having a periphery wall that extends along a central axis from a forward end of the casing to a rearward end of the casing. The casing defines a cavity configured to contain an explosive material, wherein the forward end of the casing includes a first thread pattern configured to engage a guidance system casing, and the rearward end of the casing includes a second thread pattern configured to engage a propulsion system casing. A first row of fragments is arranged along a first section of the periphery wall of the casing. A plurality of second rows of fragments is rearward of the first row of fragments and arranged along a second section of the periphery wall of the casing. In an example, each of the first and second sections tapers inward towards the central axis as it extends toward the forward end of the casing.

US12566054 - Maneuvering aeromechanically stable sabot system

An aeromechanically stable sabot system that includes a center of gravity that is placed forward of an aerodynamic center of the aeromechanically stable sabot system when in steady-state flight. By placing the center of gravity forwards of the aerodynamic center, the sabot system exhibits positive longitudinal and directional stability. To illustrate, the sabot system and/or portions thereof will return to stable flight after being disturbed in pitch (vertically or about a transverse horizontal axis) or yaw (side to side or about a vertical axis) when traveling horizontally.

US12566055 - Roll decoupling joint

A roll decoupling joint is provided for connecting a rocket motor to a payload. The joint includes a payload adapter, a motor sleeve, a rotational separator and a fastener. The adapter includes an annular socket and a cylindrical core. The socket is bounded by an opening lip and a bulkhead. The payload inserts into the socket through the lip. The core extends axially from the bulkhead opposite the lip. The sleeve is annularly axi-symmetric and inserts into the motor. This sleeve is disposed adjacent to the adapter and around the core supported by the separator. The fastener secures the core to the separator. In various embodiments, the separator constitutes a pair of bearings, and the fastener is a threaded bolt.

USD1115994 - Firearm receiver

USD1115997 - Firearm magazine well

US12560392 - Action system for firearm

An action system for reducing recoil and muzzle rise in firearms is provided. The action system includes an outer housing having an internal cavity, a buffer tube in operable communication with a bolt carrier group of a firearm, and a slidable buffer within the buffer tube. A lever arm, pivotally secured within the outer housing, is operably connected to the buffer and moves radially under the buffer's force. A spring in the cavity engages with the lever arm, compressing as the lever arm is acted upon by the linear force produced by a bolt carrier group until the spring force exceeds the linear force, thus forcing the buffer in a direction opposite the direction of the linear force.

US12560393 - Assembly for positioning and keeping in position a projectile in a stretcher and loading-aid device comprising such an assembly

The invention relates to a rammer ( 1 ) for positioning an artillery shell, the rammer ( 1 ) comprising a stretcher ( 2 ) intended to receive the shell and guide it in translation, the rammer ( 1 ) being characterized in that it comprises a pusher ( 4 ) which can be driven in a reciprocating movement along the stretcher ( 2 ), reciprocating movement which is provided by a pair of closed flexible links ( 6 ) arranged on either side of the pusher ( 4 ), each link ( 6 ) connecting a drive wheel ( 6 b ) and a free wheel ( 6 a ), the pusher ( 4 ) having a bearing surface intended to correspond with a rear face of the shell in order to push it.

US12560394 - Firearm monitoring devices, systems, and methods

A firearm safety sensing system for the monitoring and detection of firearm movement including a firearm storage device configured to store a firearm, a firearm monitoring device including one or more processors, sensors, and communication interfaces. The sensors are positioned to sense when either the firearm stored in the firearm storage device and/or the firearm storage device changes position relative to the sensors and may detect when the firearm storage device has been opened or unlocked. The processor receives sense signals, determine whether the sense signal represents a change in position of the firearm relative to the sensors, and send, via a communication interface and firearm monitoring device, a change in position notification to the user and may receive instructions to execute from the user. A user may manually or automatically prevent the firearm storage device from being opened. Multi-factor authentication may be enabled if power or communications are disrupted.

US12560395 - Weapon system with operator identification

A weapon system for a firearm includes a processor, the processor having an associated memory, and an optical reader, the optical reader configured to receive operator-identification information and transmit the operator-identification information to the processor.

US12560396 - Assembly for a firearm

An assembly ( 1 ) for a firearm ( 2 ). The assembly includes a muzzle device ( 3 ) configured to be attached to the firearm ( 2 ), a substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ), a substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ), a substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ), and a device ( 23 ) such as a sound suppressor. The device ( 23 ) is releasably attached to the substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ) by an attachment device ( 25 ). The muzzle device ( 3 ) is configured to be releasably received in the substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ). The substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ) is attached to the substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ) for rotation about the longitudinal central axis A together with the substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ) with respect to the device ( 23 ), to the muzzle device ( 3 ) and to the substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ) between (i) a locking position, and (ii) an unlocking position.

US12560397 - Rifle bipod assembly

A bipod assembly includes a first yoke configured to be attached to a firearm. A second yoke is pivotably attached to the first yoke. Right and left legs are pivotably connected to the second yoke and movable between an open position and a closed position. The bipod assembly is movable between a stowed and locked position, a stowed and unlocked position, a deployed and unlocked position, and a deployed and locked position. In a locked position, part of each leg engages the first yoke to maintain the leg's open or closed position as well as the leg's deployed or stowed position. The bipod assembly enables one-hand deployment from a stowed state.

US12560398 - Bipod

A system for a bipod. The system includes a coupler to couple at least one leg to a firearm. The leg includes one flexible joint which allows the leg to flex about a flexible joint. The system allows conversion of the flexible leg from a flexible position to a rigid position whereby flexing about the flexible joint is prevented. A lock is manipulated to convert the leg from rigid to flexible.

US12560399 - Bipod

Adjustable leg fastening arrangement ( 200 ) for a bipod ( 1 ) for a rifle ( 2 ), the adjustable leg fastening arrangement comprising a first pivoting part ( 210 ), arranged to be fastened to a leg part ( 100 ); a second pivoting part ( 220 ), arranged to be fastened to a bipod main part ( 300 ) or to the rifle, the second pivoting part being pivotable in relation to the first pivoting part. The invention is characterised in that the adjustable leg fastening arrangement further comprises a conical recess ( 211 ) and a conical part ( 221 ), an outer surface of the conical part being arranged to engage in a friction engagement with an inner surface of said conical recess, the conical recess and the conical part each being arranged to be rotationally-fixedly attached to a respective different one of said first pivoting part and said second pivoting part; and a screw engagement means ( 201 ) arranged to press the conical part axially into and against the conical recess, thereby increasing a friction of said friction engagement. The invention also relates to a method.

US12560400 - Accessory for working device

An accessory for a working device can include a plug body, an extension portion, and a tool. The plug body can have a length along a first axis and can be comprised of a keyed connection piece on a first end. The extension portion can connect on one end to a second end of the plug body and on an opposite end to the tool. The plug body can be receivable by a plug receptacle on a receiving adapter or a working device. The accessory can further include a spring-loaded locking mechanism that can be structured and configured to transiently lock the plug body to a receiving adapter or a working device.