Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12757891 - Mounting brackets and utility mount

A selectively adjustable and lockable utility mount is used to mount a device to a stable structure. The utility mount includes a hydraulic lock that applies the locking force that maintains the locked condition of the utility mount. Mounting brackets for utility mounts have spaced-apart mount elements that engage a surface of a stable structure. Some configurations of mounting bracket include mount elements that are movable between stored conditions and deployed conditions. The stored conditions reduce the size of the device to make it more convenient to pack. A climbing stick uses the storable mount elements.

US12759038 - Method of manufacturing a high-pressure cartridge case

A high pressure cartridge case is fabricated by: providing a wire or rod; cold forming a cartridge case into a drawn blank or a tubular component from sheared lengths of the wire or rod; annealing the cartridge case using a belt furnace, flame furnace, induction furnace, or a batch furnace; performing a machine ejector slot and trim on the cartridge case; forming the shoulder and neck of the cartridge case; performing a heat treatment of the cartridge case; and tempering the cartridge case.

US12759266 - Curved anti-ballistic glass armor with argon chamber for car windows and manufacturing method

The present invention belongs to the field of shielding mechanics for personal protective equipment and more specifically relates to the external shielding of a transparent glass or armor curved and laminated on its periphery, which has an argon chamber for automobile windows that does not requires modification of door or window frames; since it proposes a new solution with a reinforced flange that is established in the armor and not in the frame of the vehicle, made up of a perimeter steel flange, glass of different sizes, reinforcing polycarbonates and an argon chamber that makes it light, thin, which does not fog up due to temperature changes and blocks external bullet impacts but is permissive to the passage of bullets towards the outside of the vehicle due to internal impact.

US12759784 - Spray dispensers for chemical irritants and methods of use

Spray dispensers for spraying a stream of chemical irritant, and methods of use. Such a spray dispenser resembles a lipstick case and is configured to spray a chemical irritant. The dispenser includes a lid that is pivotally attached to a body adapted to contain a canister that contains the chemical irritant, and also preferably includes an anti-rotation actuator for dispensing the chemical irritant.

US12759946 - Low temperature carbon/BN/aluminum oxide coating

A method of forming an activated coating composition is disclosed. The method includes providing (a) boron nitride, (b) carbon, (c) aluminum oxide and (d) a liquid carrier. Each of the boron nitride, carbon and aluminum oxide are in particulate form. The coating composition is activated to form an activated coating composition. The activated coating composition includes active components having from about 60.0 wt % to about 90.0 wt % boron nitride, from about 16 wt % to about 24 wt % carbon and from about 4 wt % to about 6 wt % aluminum oxide. A coating method, coated substrate and activated coating composition are also disclosed.

US12760629 - Self-shunting detonator for well perforating gun

Various well-perforating systems and methods are disclosed incorporating a self-shunting detonator. The detonator may include an electrically-conductive detonator body. A resistor initiator inside the detonator body includes first and second leads. A grounding element inside the detonator body couples the detonator body to the first lead. An electrically-conductive clip coupled to the second lead includes an arm biased to electrical contact with an external surface of the detonator body to shunt the detonator. The arm is moveable away from the detonator body to un-shunt the detonator, such as automatically in response to insertion into a detonator housing.

US12760977 - Adjustable gas regulator valve for direct gas operated firearms

An apparatus and methods are provided for a gas regulator valve for adjusting cycle speeds of direct gas impingement operated firearms. The gas regulator valve comprises a gas inlet for receiving expanding gases from a fired cartridge and a gas tube for directing the expanding gases to a bolt carrier comprising a firearm. The gas inlet is disposed at the front of an upper receiver comprising the firearm. The gas tube directs the expanding gases into a carrier key of the bolt carrier. The gas regulator valve includes a plug for controlling gas flow through the gas tube. An actuator disposed on a side of the upper receiver enables operating the plug. The actuator enables a practitioner to adjust the flow of expanding gases without moving the firearm out of a shooting position. The actuator includes a key that may be turned by a rim of an ammunition cartridge.

US12760978 - System and method for a linear trigger assembly

A trigger assembly is disclosed. The trigger assembly includes a trigger shoe having a top surface, a brace coupled to the trigger shoe, a joint coupled to the brace, a trigger bar coupled to the brace, a trigger hood coupled to the top surface of the trigger shoe and the joint, and a track disposed between the trigger hood and the trigger shoe, wherein the trigger shoe is configured to move along the track.

US12760979 - Modular firearm trigger system

A trigger system having a detachable trigger shoe. The trigger shoe is made detachable from the trigger bow while the trigger bow remains in an installed state within the pistol. A selectable detachment feature is provided for the connection between the trigger shoe and the trigger bow. The user can activate this detachment feature and remove the shoe while leaving the trigger bow in place. The user can then install a different trigger shoe while the trigger bow remains in place.

US12760980 - Skipless trigger systems and methods

A non-skip trigger for a sliding weapon including a spring-loaded pivot arm, spring loaded disconnector, and spring-loaded firing pin release that fit together to prevent automatic firing of the weapon.

US12760981 - System for cooling automatic firearms and cannons

A barrel cooling system for a weapon includes a corrosion prevention cylinder between a barrel and cooling fins arranged around the cylinder.

US12760982 - Firearm suppressor

Various systems, methods, and apparatuses related to a firearm suppressor are provided. An example suppressor for a firearm includes an inner body and an external shroud. The inner body may include a muzzle attachment portion and a plurality of baffles. The baffles may each define an opening, and the openings of the plurality of baffles may collectively define a linear projectile path through the inner body along an axis extending from a proximal end of the suppressor to a distal end of the suppressor defining an exit opening. The external shroud may removably couple to and at least partially cover the inner body. The external shroud may permit at least a portion of propellent gas within the inner body to exit the suppressor via a secondary opening defined between the inner body and the external shroud.

US12760983 - Sound, flash, and heat dissipating firearm suppressor

Embodiments described herein relate to suppressors for reducing or eliminating sound, flash, and/or heat generated by firearms while discharging projectiles. The suppressor includes a unitary structure containing a cone shaped nozzle disposed at one end of a body. The body has a plurality of baffles surrounding a central bore, a breech end opposite a faceplate, and a plurality of cooling channels spanning a length of the body. Each cooling channel has a first opening at the breech end and a second opening at the faceplate. The unitary structure further contains an outer ring spanning from the breech end to at least the faceplate, a longitudinal wall spanning from the breech end to the faceplate, and a plurality of radially oriented walls extending between the longitudinal wall and the outer ring. The plurality of cooling channels is disposed between the longitudinal wall, the outer ring, and the radially oriented walls.

US12760984 - System for tracking shooting performance including a recoil detector for triggering the tracking

The recoil detection device detects the recoil associated with a person firing a firearm. The recoil device measures information using motion sensors such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer, and analyzes that information to indicate the firearm has been fired. The information is processed and aggregated to generate useful information to the person shooting the firearm and to anyone on the internet.

US12760985 - Eccentrics for archery bows and related apparatuses

An archery bow includes a riser, a limb, an axle, and a cam assembly. The cam assembly can include a rotatable member and one or more bearings. The rotatable member can be laterally repositionable or laterally translatable to one of a plurality of positions relative to the one or more bearings. In some examples, the one or more bearings can be disposed within a bearing carriage assembly and the rotatable member can be laterally repositionable or laterally translatable to one of a plurality of positions relative to the bearing carriage assembly.

US12760986 - Airgun with pressurized chamber

Aspects of the invention provide a pressurization structure for an airgun having an inner barrel 4 sequentially connected at its rear end to a coaxially aligned hop-up rubber 6 which is connected to a cylinder 7 . The hop-up rubber 6 is provided with a through cavity for projectile 516 with protrusions extending radially from the inner wall of the cavity to press against the projectile 516 . The cylinder 7 has a chamber connected to the cavity, wherein a rubber piston 8 is installed, forming a sealed space between the rear of the projectile 516 and the chamber interior. A cut-off valve 9 is arranged within this sealed space. The cylinder 7 is connected to a magazine 14 that supplies propellant gas and projectiles 516 into the chamber. When pressurized gas is released from the magazine 14 , the pressurization within the chamber enables higher initial kinetic energy of the projectile 516.

US12760987 - Rifle

Rifles of the present disclosure may comprise a stock a, a receiver assembly, and a barrel. The receiver assembly may comprise a bolt, a trigger system, a lever, and a linkage. The receiver assembly installed in the stock. The linkage may comprise a first link having a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably coupled to the bolt. The linkage may further comprise a second link have a third end and a fourth end, the third end being rotatably coupled to the second end. The linkage may also comprise a third link having a fifth end and two arms coupled to the fifth end defining a channel, the fifth end rotatably coupled to the fourth end. The lever being slidably installed in the channel and configured to move the bolt between an in-battery and an out-of-battery position.

US12760988 - Weapon stabilization device

A weapon stabilization device for attachment to a weapon, which includes a stock chassis configured with an elongate body for housing a buffer tube associated with the weapon, an angular frame member connecting to the elongate body, a V-shaped brace attached to the angular frame member and elongate body, and a lock release assembly for disengaging a lockable mechanism associated with connection of the stock chassis to a shoulder chassis. The stock chassis also includes a pin-lock release assembly slidably mounted to a mounting rail of the elongate body and configured with an adjustable pin for engaging the buffer tube. The shoulder chassis includes a curvilinear shoulder plate connecting to a barreled section with an interior chamber for housing a primary rotational element of a dual-ball joint assembly, with the dual-ball joint assembly also including a secondary rotational element housed within the lockable mechanism and linked to the primary rotational element.

US12760989 - Portable weapon assembly

A portable weapon assembly comprising a receiver made in a single polymer body without any inner metallic structural element; said assembly having an inner cavity.

US12760990 - Shotgun hollow buttstock adapter

The shotgun hollow buttstock adapter is designed to fit within the rear portion of a hollow shotgun buttstock, enabling users to mechanically fasten recoil pads to the buttstock. This adapter addresses the need for a simple, efficient, and secure method of attaching recoil pads to shotguns with hollow stocks, thereby enhancing recoil management and user comfort.

US12760991 - System and method of adding and removing roll pins from a firearm

A system and method for adding and removing a roll pin from a firearm. The system comprises an upper plate defined by a top surface and an opposed bottom surface. The bottom surface comprises at least one punch insert sized and shaped to remove a roll pin from a corresponding bore hole in a firearm. The bottom surface also includes at least one punch pin configured to releasably hold a first end of a roll pin. The system also includes a lower plate defined by a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface includes a channel that passes through the lower plate.

US12760992 - Smart system for a holster and methods of making and using the same

This disclosure presents methods, systems, and devices for monitoring usage of a holster. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed for mechanically coupling with a holster. The system includes a controller, a communication interface electrically coupled with the controller; and a user interface electrically coupled with the controller. The user interface is configured to allow a user wearing the holster to activate transmission of a distress signal via the communication interface.

US12760993 - Ejectable strongback for the attachment of rocket boosters to air-launched weapons

An ejectable strongback assembly for coupling a delivery vehicle to a payload is provided. The assembly includes a first side configured to couple with the payload, and a second side with first and second canards positioned at opposite ends. The canards generate lift forces in aerodynamic fluid to direct the strongback away from the payload after separation. The assembly further includes first and second interfaces extending from the first side to engage with the payload, at least one separation mechanism to provide initial separation, and electronics configured to send a control signal to the interfaces. The system enables secure attachment and controlled, low-shock release of the strongback and booster, minimizing residual hardware and aerodynamic interference after launch. The assembly can allow a lug-restrained and released object to become a rocket motor-boosted object.

US12760994 - Multi-lock adjustment turret for an optical aiming device

A locking adjustment turret coupled to an optic of an aiming device incudes a locking plate having two or more locking holes, a dial configured to rotate about a central axis of the locking adjustment turret when a user applies a rotational force, a locking pin attached to the dial, the locking pin structured to interface with the locking plate and be received within an aligned one of the two or more holes of the locking plate when the locking pin is aligned with the aligned hole to set the locking adjustment turret in a locked position, a biasing spring for biasing the locking pin toward the locking plate, and a lock release carried by dial, the lock release configured to move radially inward when pressed by a user to cause the locking pin to move out of the aligned hole and set the adjustment turret in an unlocked position.

US12760995 - Metal reinforced target sight

A method for forming a base housing of a targeting sight for a firearm includes placing one or more metal components into an injection mold, injecting material in liquid form into the injection mold to contact the one or more metal components, curing the material injected into the injection mold, and removing the cured material from the injection mold. A target sight having a base housing including a metal frame and non-metallic material formed surrounding the metal frame is also described.

US12760996 - Laser sight device

The disclosure relates to a laser sight device, which includes a laser sight device housing, a laser sight device inner core, and a fine-tuning spring. A first arc-shaped elastic piece and a second arc-shaped elastic piece of the fine-tuning spring are respectively inserted into a laser sight device housing from corresponding openings, and a protrusion of the fine-tuning spring is inserted into a limit hole of the laser sight device housing. The first arc-shaped elastic piece and the second arc-shaped elastic piece are configured to cause a continuous and balanced force on the laser sight device inner core when adjusting an angle of the laser sight device inner core, and to reset the laser sight device inner core when the force is withdrawn.

US12760997 - Target sight with sensor

An accessory system for a firearm includes a positionable magnifier, an accessory structured to operate in conjunction with the magnifier, a sensor configured to sense a position of the magnifier, and a processor configured to receive input from the sensor and adjust an operating mode of the accessory based on the input from the sensor. Methods are also described.

US12760998 - Electronic display for a rifle scope turret

A turret of a scope can include a cap, a turret body connected to the cap, an electronic display wrapped circumferentially around the turret body, and a button positioned on or through a surface of the cap to engage the electronic display. In certain implementations, upon depressing the button, the electronic display presents a graphical visualization. In addition, the graphical visualization can include at least one of distance compensation data, a ballistic profile, or environmental conditions.

US12760999 - Auto-illuminating dry fire target

A dry fire training apparatus includes a beam chamber, a beam splitter lens, and a beam diffuser element. The beam chamber has a receiving side, a reflecting side, and at least one sidewall extending therebetween. The beam splitter lens is coupled to the receiving side. The beam splitter lens is configured to receive a laser pulse having a first trajectory therethrough. The beam diffuser element is coupled to the reflecting side and/or the sidewall. The beam diffuser element is configured to diffuse the laser pulse around the beam chamber and reflect the laser pulse at a second trajectory to illuminate the beam splitter lens.

US12761000 - Shield edge protection system

Implementations described and claimed herein provide a shield system that includes a shield, an edge protection system, and an edge coupling. The edge protection system may comprise a plurality of corner protectors disposed on a length of an edge protector. The edge protection system may be installable along a peripheral edge of the shield such that the edge protection system surrounds the outer perimeter of the shield. The edge coupling may be configured to engage the edge protection system and retain the edge protection system on the shield.

US12761001 - Personal tactical system with integrated ballistic frame

Implementations described and claimed herein provide a personal tactical system configured to be worn by an individual for protection against threats. In one implementation, the personal tactical system includes one or more internal components disposed in an interior formed by an outer layer and an inner layer. The internal components include a flexible body armor, a ballistic plate, a ballistic frame, and/or a ballistic plate cover. The ballistic frame further includes an electrical system coupled to the frame body, the electrical system including one or more ports in communication with at least one of electrical or communication lines.

US12761002 - Modular camouflage system and uses thereof

Multispectral camouflage systems, apparatuses, and methods describes herein may include an assembled array of one or more discrete camouflage units, wherein each of the one or more discrete camouflage units includes a composite material having at least one predetermined structurally related property and at least one predetermined camouflage-related property, and wherein each of the one or more discrete camouflage units is joined to one or more neighboring unit to provide a laterally positioned camouflage cover configured to conceal an object from visible detection, infrared detection, thermal imaging, and radar detection.

US12761003 - System and method for detecting a scattered minefield

Predicting whether objects in an image form a scattered minefield (SMF) is accomplished by a system and method utilizing at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions implement operations to determine whether the objects define a SMF based on an estimation of a distribution process from which the MLOs are positioned on the surface in the image obtained from the image sensor.

US12761004 - Range extension device

A range extension device, capable in use of being reversibly engaged to a body of an artillery carrier shell, said shell comprising a payload cavity, said range extension device comprising an internal cavity comprising at least one energetic material charge, and an igniter, wherein the range extension device comprises a first region with an aperture which faces rearwardly, and second region with a closed end, wherein the closed end in use extends into the payload cavity of the carrier shell.

US12761005 - Camera container for military aircraft

A camera container for military aircraft includes a removable outboard container, wherein the camera container is the casing of an adopted guided missile and has devices for detecting the guided missile by the aircraft, at least one autonomous camera system, casing elements of optically transparent material and also compensating masses and a pressure compensating valve.

US12761006 - Unmanned vehicle with multiple payload platforms

An unmanned vehicle and a method of operating the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a fuselage and at least one thrust device coupled to the fuselage. A first payload module having an first attachment plate is fixedly coupled to the fuselage, the first payload module further having a first control module removably coupled to the first attachment plate and a first payload having a first energetic element. A second payload module having an second attachment plate is fixedly coupled to the fuselage adjacent the first payload module, the second payload module further having a second control module removably coupled to the second attachment plate and a second payload having a second energetic element.

US12761007 - Systems and methods for wireless electronic blasting

Disclosed herein are systems and methods/processes for wireless electronic blasting (WEB), in particular for commercial/civil blasting operations that use wireless blasting-related devices that are deployable or deployed within portions of a physical medium (e.g., a rock formation) intended to be blasted as part of a commercial/civil blasting operation.

USD1153539 - Rifle buttstock

USRE051070 - Primer for firearms and other munitions

A primer includes a layered thermite coating comprising alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal (thermite) deposited upon a substrate. A carbide-containing ceramic layer is disposed within the alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal.

US12751540 - Light weight modular pouch attachment system and method

A 3 dimensional shape retaining light weight pouch and method for making the same, for mounting on a carrier such as a garment such as, but not limited to, a vest, belt, cummerbund, pack, or the like, and more particularly, that utilizes standing portions of stiffened fused together edges of laminated or composite panels of the pouch to hold the pouch in a predetermined 3 dimensional shape. The pouch is durable and wear resistant, allows easy insertion and removal of articles, accessories, and objects to be held and/or carried thereby, and is simple and easy to manufacture, while being configurable to be compatible with some known systems mounting systems such as MOLLE PALS and the like.

US12753003 - Apparatus and method for stemming blast holes

A funnel bucket apparatus is configured to be mountable to typical loader machinery for depositing flowable material at a deposit site. The apparatus includes a bucket and a funnel cover connected by hinges, a discharge chute attachment, a bucket vibrator, and a hydraulic actuator system. An operator controls the actuator system to move the bucket and funnel cover between open and closed positions such that the bucket retains typical loading functions while the apparatus is in the open position. When the bucket is loaded with material, the operator controls the actuator system to move the apparatus into the closed position and positions the apparatus over the deposit site. Material flows through a discharge opening in the funnel cover, through the discharge chute attachment, and down to the deposit site. Efficient and controllable flow rate of material may be facilitated by the bucket vibrator.

US12753681 - Perforating gun and ballistic interrupter for same

A perforating gun used in oil and gas completions operations, the perforating gun including a ballistic interrupter actuable from a disarmed state or configuration, in which ballistic communication between a detonator and a detonation cord is impeded, to an armed state or configuration, in which ballistic communication between the detonator and the detonating cord is permitted. A gun string includes the perforating gun and one or more additional perforating guns substantially identical to the perforating gun.

US12753982 - Plastic receiver structure on PCP guns

The subject of the present invention relates to a plastic receiver formed from plastic and plastic type materials by plastic injection or 3 D printer method, which enables the preloaded pneumatic gun elements to be connected thereon.

US12753983 - Lever-action firearm and kit for constructing the same

A receiver system comprises upper and lower receiver bodies, a lower receiver body, a bolt carrier, and an action-control lever. The upper receiver body is a semi-automatic firearm upper receiver body. The lower receiver body includes a stock mounting flange having a stock receptacle that is matingly engageable with a receiver engaging portion of a stock. The bolt carrier is slidably disposed within a bolt carrier receiving bore of the upper receiver body. The action-control lever has a hand loop and a first attachment arm having a proximate end portion thereof attached to the hand loop. The first attachment arm is pivotably attached at a distal end thereof to the lower receiver body for being pivoted between a battery-ready position and a cartridge-ejecting position relative to the lower receiver body. The action-control lever is attached to the bolt carrier through an articulating coupling assembly.

US12753984 - Firearm and extractor, bolt and trigger pin assembly

A cartridge extractor for positioning about a portion of a firearm bolt includes an outer curved surface that defines an outer perimeter of the annular body, an inner curved surface that defines an inner perimeter of the annular body, a first axial face extending between the outer curved surface and the inner curved surface, and a second axial face extending between the outer curved surface and the inner curved surface and spaced apart from the first face in an axial direction. An extractor arm extends axially from the first axial face and has an engager end distal from the annular body and a cartridge engager flange at the engager end of the extractor arm. Also disclosed are a pin assembly for securing a trigger to a receiver, an adjustable bolt handle which when locked can transfer very high loads, and a firearm.

US12753985 - Suppressor cover for rifle

A suppressor cover for a rifle has a first panel and a second panel that combine to form a tube, and a collar configured to wrap around the forward end of the tube. The panels have locking tabs configured to mate with corresponding rail slots on the rifle's handguard. The panels may have air vents.

US12753986 - Mount for firearm assembly

A mount for a firearm assembly, the mount being configured to be secured in another support mechanism, such as a vise. The mount comprising a bottom support member, a front piece having a front buffer tube receiving portion held by the bottom support member, and a back piece spaced apart from the front piece and having a back buffer tube receiving portion held by the bottom support member. The front piece is at the front end and the back piece is at but spaced apart from the back end. A space between the sides of the bottom support member at the back end is adapted to receive a firearm rear pistol grip adapter.

US12753987 - Crossbow with cam assembly

A crossbow including a riser, a limb coupled to the riser, and a cam assembly rotatably coupled to the limb about an axis of rotation. The cam assembly including a string guide defining a plane of rotation of the cam assembly about the axis of rotation and structured to support a drawstring, a drawstring attachment point structured to engage the drawstring, a power cable journal extending away from the plane of rotation along the axis of rotation and structured to support a power cable, and a power cable attachment point structured to engage the power cable. The power cable journal is shaped to displace the power cable away from the plane of rotation as the crossbow is drawn from a released configuration to a drawn configuration to provide a gap sized to permit the drawstring attachment point and the power cable attachment point to pass between the power cable and the plane of rotation.

US12753988 - Safety locking mechanism for elastically expandable baton

A safety locking mechanism is applicable to an elastically expandable baton including a plurality of hollow tubes that can be collapsed into a short baton or expanded into a long baton. The safety locking mechanism includes a positioning portion that can be fixed to one of the hollow tubes, a locking-releasing button pivotally connectable to the positioning portion, and a safety locking key arranged to the locking-releasing button. A user only needs to push the safety locking key with a finger and makes the safety locking key to be in a locking position, the locking-releasing button will not be able to move as a lever, thereby keeping the elastically expandable baton in the short-baton state.

US12753989 - Handgrip assembly

The present invention, a handgrip assembly, generally relates to firearms that have a handgrip and a backstrap thereon. The present invention comprises an interlocking backstrap, which replaces the prior art backstrap of a handgrip; and a fully enveloping grip sleeve, which enables form and texture modifications on all sides of the handgrip of the firearm. The present invention can be restrained on the frame of the gun across all degrees of freedom without the use of screws or extraneous fasteners.

US12753990 - Firearm bracket

A firearm bracket suitable for mounting a pistol to a rifle may include a bracket body. At least one rifle attachment rail slot may be provided in the bracket body. The rifle attachment rail slot may facilitate attachment of the firearm bracket to a rifle attachment rail on a rifle. At least one pistol opening may extend through the bracket body. The pistol opening may be suitably sized and configured to receive the barrel of at least one pistol. Accordingly, in typical application of the firearm bracket, the rifle attachment rail on the rifle may engaged with the rifle attachment rail slot in the bracket body. The barrel of the pistol may be extended through the pistol opening in the bracket body. The user of the firearm bracket may grasp the rifle grip on the rifle with one hand and the pistol grip on the pistol with the other hand to achieve better stability and comfort and ready firing access to both the rifle and the pistol during target practice, hunting, law enforcement or military exercises.

US12753991 - Holster tensioner device

A holster for a handgun assembly includes a holster body having a chamber for receiving the handgun assembly. A tensioner is mounted on the holster body in a position to be engaged by the handgun assembly in the chamber, and is operable to apply a resilient biasing force to the handgun assembly in the chamber. The tensioner includes tensioner body that is engaged and deformed by the handgun assembly, and a spring for resisting and controlling deformation of the tensioner body. The tensioner has a first end portion mounted on the holster body for only rotational movement on the holster body, and a second end portion mounted on the holster body for both sliding and rotational movement on the holster body. A tension spring maintains tension on the tensioner body.

US12753992 - Method and system for a missile adapter

Embodiments described herein n adapter is configured to receive a missile therein. The adapter includes a support member including an internal surface, an external surface, a fore portion, and an aft portion. The external surface includes one or more guide pins along the fore portion configured to slide through one or more corresponding guide rails on a receiving dual column chassis of a launcher, a pilot feature on the fore portion engages with the launcher, an extension portion, an electrical interface configured to couple to the launcher, and a second retention mechanism configured to retain the aft portion of the adapter in the receiving dual column chassis. The internal surface include lower guide rails, a fore alignment pin, a fore strike plate, an electrical interface guide pin, a first retention mechanism, and an aft mechanical stop feature configured to engage the first retention mechanism.

US12753993 - Optical target imaging system

An optical target imaging system includes a tower structure supporting the system at the muzzle of the barrel, a cantilever system connected to and supported from the tower structure by a system of flexible tensioners extending in a distal direction from above an elevation of the muzzle to a distal end. A distal screen assembly is beneath the cantilever system at the distal end and holds a distal screen to intersect a path extending the barrel central axis. A proximal screen assembly holds a proximal screen to intersect the path extending the barrel central axis between the muzzle and the distal screen. In some embodiments, the distal screen is held with a lower extent nearer to the muzzle. The distal screen may be mounted to be rotatable around a median axle in the plane of the distal screen, with an actuator to articulate the distal screen around the median axle.

US12753994 - Locating fastener for firearm optic

In various embodiments, an apparatus comprises a locating optic assembly mount arranged to receive an optic sight or an adapter on which the optic sight is installable, wherein the locating optic assembly mount includes: one or more locating fastener openings to receive one or more locating fasteners with threaded sections and non-threaded shoulders, wherein the non-threaded shoulders extend through the optic sight or the adapter and below a surface located below the optic sight or the adapter, each locating fastener opening including: a threaded hole to mate with the threaded section of the corresponding locating fastener; and a counter opening located above the threaded hole, wherein the counter opening is arranged to slip fit with the non-threaded shoulder of the corresponding locating fastener to align a center axis of the locating fastener with a center axis of the locating fastener openings. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

US12753995 - Devices with low thermal emissivity

The invention provides devices for active modification of thermal radiation, the devices comprising: (i) a substrate; (ii) one or more polymeric permeable membranes comprising an ionic liquid electrolyte; (iii) one or more electrodes comprising carbon nanotubes deposited onto the surface of at least one of the one or more polymeric membranes; and (iv) a protective encapsulation layer. The invention also provides methods of making such devices.

US12753996 - Ballistic shirt system

A shirt system for supporting body armor includes an inner shirt with an inner shirt pocket attached to an inner shirt front panel, an outer shirt with an outer shirt pocket attached to an outer shirt rear panel, a first ballistic panel of the body armor disposed within the inner shirt pocket, a second ballistic panel of the body armor disposed within the outer shirt pocket, and a first strap and a second strap connected to the inner shirt pocket and the outer shirt pocket. An outer shirt yoke includes an outer shirt yoke opening that is configured to receive the first strap, and the outer shirt rear panel includes an outer shirt rear panel opening that is configured to receive the second strap.

US12753997 - Utilizing a weapons port which uses a single penetration

A blast shield or similar assembly/apparatus includes a panel and a weapons port coupled with the panel. The weapons port includes a door plate constructed and arranged to control access to a weapons port opening in a panel. The weapons port further includes a handle, and hardware constructed and arranged to couple the door plate with the handle and extend through a single penetration in the panel. The single penetration is adjacent to and separate from the weapons port opening in the panel. In some arrangements, the panel is constructed and arranged to extend outwardly from a vehicle. In some arrangements, the panel forms part of a body of a vehicle. Other arrangements are suitable as well such as the panel forming at least a portion of a wall structure, stationary partition, or similar fortified barrier, and so on.

US12753998 - Subsonic firearm cartridge

Firearm cartridges are provided. The firearm cartridge includes a projectile and a cartridge case. The cartridge case includes head, body, shoulder, and neck sections. The cartridge case further includes a case wall. The case wall defines a chamber that extends from the head section to the neck section and has at least a first thickness about the body section and a second thickness about the shoulder section, the second thickness being less than the first thickness. The case wall about the shoulder section defines a hollow volume. The case wall about the neck section engages with the projectile, and the case wall about at least at least a portion of the body section is in contact with the projectile. The chamber is separated into a first chamber portion within the body section and a second chamber portion within the shoulder section by an engagement between the projectile and the wall.

US12753999 - Articulated head and actuation system for a missile

The present disclosure is directed to a missile having a main body and an articulating nosecone connected to the main body. An actuation system is operable for moving the nosecone relative to the main body via one or more electric motors and associated components. A central aperture is formed through electric motors and the associated components between the main body and the nosecone. One or more cables for transmitting electrical power, sensor data, control signals and the like extend through the central aperture between the main body and the nosecone to provide means for controlling the actuation system.