Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12636403 - Firearm trigger mechanism

A trigger mechanism that can be used in AR-pattern firearms has a hammer, a trigger member, a disconnector, a locking member, and a “three position” safety selector having safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions. In the standard semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer such that the disconnector hook catches the hammer hook, at which time a user must manually release the trigger member to free the hammer from the disconnector to permit the hammer and trigger member to pivot to the set positions so that the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm. In the forced reset semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer causing the trigger member to be forced to the set position, the safety selector preventing the disconnector hook from catching the hammer hook, and thereafter when the bolt carrier reaches the substantially in-battery position the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm without manually releasing the trigger member. The locking member is pivotable between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger member allowing the trigger member to be moved to the released position. The locking member is spring biased toward the first position and moved against the spring bias to the second position by contact from the bolt carrier during forward movement of the bolt carrier as the bolt carrier reaches a substantially in-battery position.

US12636574 - Spring-assisted digit mounted device for launching projectiles

A digit-mounted, spring-assisted device for launching a projectile in response to a launching motion of a finger by a user. The digit-mounted device may comprise a securing means for securing a launcher to the digit of the user. The securing means may comprise a strap, loop, or cinch. The digit-mounted device may further comprise a launch guide extending outwardly from a base member. A projectile may be mounted onto or into the launch guide. A spring may be mounted on the digit-mounted device which is placed under tension when the user prepares to make a launching motion with the digit. The projectile is launched in response to the user making a launching motion with the digit, using the thumb as a tensioning means. The spring is released from tension upon making a launching motion with the digit, adding to the force given to the projectile upon launch. The projectile may take a wide variety of forms.

US12636946 - Electrified military vehicle

An energy storage system for a military vehicle includes a battery housing having a lower end and an upper end, a bracket coupled to the battery housing at or proximate the upper end thereof, a lower support supporting the lower end of the battery housing, and an upper connector extending from the bracket. The battery housing is configured to receive a battery. The upper connector is configured to engage a rear wall of a cab of the military vehicle.

US12638256 - Breaching tool

A receiver assembly for a breaching tool has an upper receiver with female fittings in the form of side flanges at the front and back that connect to the lower receiver's male fittings in the form of a front center post and back sidewalls. The post fits between the front side flanges and the back sidewalls fit between the back side flanges. Apertures in the front side flanges are aligned with an aperture in the center post, and apertures in the back sidewalls align with the back side flanges, and takedown pins extend through the aligned apertures. The flanges can include cutback angles which engage with a front riser in the lower receiver's sidewalls and with rear bosses extending outward from the lower receivers sidewalls. A protrusion in the upper receiver's magazine well only allows a magazine with a notch at its top, front end to engage with the well.

US12638257 - Dart launch apparatus with an open top magazine and a dart restrainer in the launch chamber and method

A dart launcher and dart magazine for alleviating improper dart placement concerns with a forward matching dart profile. The dart magazine is short and does not extend into the launch chamber of the launcher. The magazine has an open top with a dart restrainer that is moved when the magazine is inserted into the launcher causing an upper-most dart in the magazine to be biased out of the magazine and into the launch chamber. The launcher includes a dart placement structure in the launch chamber to locate the upper-most dart. The dart placement structure may be shaped as an arm allowing positioning of each dart also free of the magazine while facilitating automatic firing of the darts from the magazine.

US12638258 - Method for activating and monitoring a firearm

A method for activating and monitoring a firearm system which tracks, monitors, and automatically prevents a firearm from firing when a user is not in a suitable state of mind or is not an authorized user. The firearm activation and monitoring system generally comprises a firearm having a trigger and grip area, a plurality of biometric sensors located on the grip area which measure biometric data of a user, a trigger interlock, and a main microcontroller. The trigger interlock prevents the trigger from firing the firearm when the trigger interlock is in its normal or default position. To unlock the trigger, the user holds the grip area to activate the biometric sensors, and if the user is in an acceptable mental state, the main microcontroller will send an electrical signal to the trigger interlock, which unlocks the trigger and allows the user to pull the trigger of the firearm.

US12638259 - Multiple caliber sound suppressor with adapter for use with muzzle accessory

A system for installing a first muzzle accessory on a barrel of a firearm having a second muzzle accessory mounted thereto comprises an adapter configured to attach to the second muzzle accessory and a first muzzle accessory configured to attach to the adapter. The adapter serves to temporarily deactivate the second muzzle accessory when the adapter is attached to the second muzzle accessory.

US12638260 - Systems and methods for enhanced firearm suppression

A firearm suppressor. In an embodiment, the suppressor includes an outer tube and a baffle core disposed within the outer tube. The baffle core includes a body having an exterior surface spaced from the inside surface of the outer tube. A bore extends through the body from an inlet to an outlet permitting a bullet to pass through the baffle core. A plurality of slots or through holes extend through the body between the bore and the external surface of the body permitting gases to expand outward toward the outer tube. A plurality of blind cavities are formed into the external surface of the body and extending into the body without penetrating the bore. These blind cavities provide additional surface area and slow the exit of gases from the suppressor and further cool the gases.

US12638261 - Recoil assembly for a machine gun

A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a barrel assembly, a bolt, bolt actuator, and a buffer assembly. The barrel assembly includes a barrel secured to a barrel extension. The barrel assembly is slidably received in the receiver and the barrel extension is coupled to a hydraulic buffer assembly located below the barrel extension. The hydraulic buffer assembly is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the barrel assembly when the rifle is fired. An op-rod spring is coupled to an op rod extending that can be actuated by a gas piston assembly on the barrel. The op-rod spring is configured and arranged to arrest rearward movement of the bolt assembly.

US12638262 - Crossbow bolt retention plunger

A crossbow can include a bolt retention plunger configured to retain a bolt against a rail of a crossbow. The bolt retention plunger can be movable between a retention mode and a neutral mode and can be operable in the retention mode to engage a bolt to consistently and evenly hold it adjacent the rail. The bolt retention plunger can define a planar surface facing the rail. The planar surface can contact the bolt along a linear line of tangency, rather than a point, extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bolt. The crossbow can include a safety extending in the receiver and an anti-dry fire element movably disposed in the receiver. The bolt retention plunger can be separately operable from and distal from the anti-dry fire element and the safety.

US12638263 - Drop-a-way dual mode archery bow rest for arrows

A drop-a-way dual mode archery bow rest for supporting an arrow as the bow is drawn is releasably mounted on the riser of a compound bow. The bow rest includes a housing with enclosed left and right sides and is adjustable in the X, Y and Z axes. In the housing are at least two slidably connected, rotatable, biased, horizontally- and axially-aligned arrow rest shafts mounted in the left and the right sides of the housing. The shafts are rotatably and movably connected by an axially-aligned indexing shaft. A launcher is attached to one of the shafts, operating from a downward position or an upward, ready-to-shoot position, lightly supporting the arrow. At least one shaft is connected to a cable connected to the bow string, lower limb or bow cables to pull the arrow rest and launcher into a biased position for launch functionality.

US12638264 - Arrow rest launcher accessory

An arrow rest launcher apparatus and installation method is disclosed which comprises a multilayered sheet in various shape configurations which are adapted to install on an arrow rest launcher, the apparatus is robust and reduces the sound made by an arrow sliding along the arrow rest launcher during bow draw.

US12638265 - Wrist strap trigger-actuated safety release

An archery release for firing an arrow from a bow. The archery release includes a main body, a jaw assembly that operably engages with the main body and is adapted to receive and hold a D-loop formed on a bowstring, a pair of triggers that operably engages with the jaw assembly for moving the jaw assembly between a closed position and an open position, and a biaser that operably engages with the main body and at least one trigger of the pair of triggers for biasing the pair of triggers towards the closed position. The archery release also includes that when the pair of triggers moves from a first position to a second position, a first jaw component and a second jaw component of the jaw assemblies simultaneously transition from the closed positioned to the open position.

US12638266 - Air gun assembly and a pin for filling and bleeding a pressure tube assembly

An air gun assembly includes a gun tube and a pressure tube assembly. The gun tube defines a first aperture. The pressure tube assembly includes a fill block and a cylinder coupled to each other. The fill block defines a second aperture and the cylinder defines a chamber configured to contain compressed gas. The air gun assembly includes a pin disposed through the first aperture and the second aperture to couple together the fill block and the gun tube. The pin defines a channel. The air gun assembly also includes a valve assembly attached to the pin and at least partially disposed inside of the channel. The valve assembly is configured to selectively allow fluid communication into the chamber via the channel.

US12638267 - Self-contained firearm brace

A self-contained foldable firearm brace assembly comprising a firearm coupling, a side fold arm rotatably attached to the coupling, and a release paddle mechanism that allows the side fold arm to lock into open or closed positions. An elastic member is integrated to assist in the automatic deployment of the side fold arm when the locking mechanism is disengaged.

US12638268 - Extendable blade firearm attachment device

An extendable blade firearm attachment device includes a handguard configured to mount to a barrel of a firearm. An elongated monopod is coupled to the handguard. The monopod has a main body and a connection to the handguard such that the monopod is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The monopod extends away from the handguard from a proximal end to a distal end when in the extended position. A monopod fastener removably couples the monopod to the handguard. A knife blade is pivotably coupled to the monopod to be pivotable between a closed position and an open position. A spine of the knife blade is exposed relative to the monopod when the knife blade is in the closed position.

US12638269 - Wearable device for one-handed reloading of a firearm

A wearable device for supporting a firearm during one-handed reloading includes an elongated body having an upper portion and a recessed lower portion extending downward from the upper portion. The upper portion includes a shelf configured to receive a proximal sight of the firearm for supporting the firearm against the elongated body. The wearable device also includes at least one magnet disposed in or against the upper portion configured to retain the sight against the shelf and at least one clip on a rear surface of the elongated body for securing the wearable device to a garment of an individual. A method for one-handed reloading of a firearm including an initial step of attaching the wearable device to the garment of the individual with the at least one clip is also disclosed herein.

US12638270 - Adjustable sight assembly

In one example, the disclosure relates to adjustable flip up sight assembly that can be adjusted vertically and laterally in particular, for an automatic firearm, comprising a front sight support element that is supported by an axle on a mount, in particular such that they can pivot thereon, wherein the front sight support element has an adjustment element supported on a spring element and releasably connected to a front sight, which contains a keyhole type opening through which the axle is inserted, wherein the adjustment element can be moved in relation to the axle against the spring force between two positions inside the front sight support element such that the keyhole opening prevents a lateral movement of the front sight support element along the axle when engaged with the axle, and allows the lateral adjustment of the front sight support element in a released position.

US12638271 - Weapon accessory riser and integral keypad for weapon handguard

A weapon attachment riser system for a weapon includes a riser assembly including a base housing, which defines an interior compartment, and a housing cover secured to the base housing. The base housing is configured to be detachably secured to a powered weapon accessory interface on the weapon and the housing cover is configured to be detachably secured to an accessory device. A circuit assembly includes a flexible circuit substrate disposed within the interior compartment. The circuit assembly includes a first electrical connector configured to detachably engage a complementary weapon rail interface port on the powered weapon accessory interface through an aligned opening in the housing base and a second electrical connector configured to detachably engage a complementary accessory interface port on the accessory device through an aligned opening in the housing cover.

US12638272 - Universal mounting system

A system and method of mounting a selected red dot emitter/reflex sight to a weapon includes affixing the selected red dot emitter/reflex sight to a mounting plate selected from several mounting plates. There is one mounting plate for each red dot emitter/reflex sight and each mounting plate has features for affixing one of the red dot emitters/reflex sights to the mounting plate. Next, the mounting plate is installed to a base that has a plurality of legs for engaging with the weapon. The base also has a plurality of clips and each clip slideably interfaces into a cutout of each leg. Each clip is adjustably held within the cutout by an adjustment screw. Next, each clip is engaged with the weapon and each adjustment screw is tightened to hold the base to the weapon, therefore, holding the one red dot emitter/reflex sight to the weapon.

US12638273 - Skin marking solution and method of use

A method of applying camouflage solution for outdoor use comprising gathering a globule of camouflage solution, pressing the globule of camouflage solution onto a surface of a body, spreading the globule of camouflage on the surface, waiting a period of time for the camouflage solution to change from a liquid state to a solid state, and removing the camouflage solution from the surface.

US12638274 - Urban foldable shield

A ballistic shield device is formed of a segmented body having an upper panel, a center panel and a lower panel. Each panel has a substantially planar front and rear surfaces and form a generally rectangular perimeter. A flexible hinge provides a folding connection between the upper panel and the center panel. A second hinge provides a similar folding connection between the center panel and the lower panel. A handle and forearm strap may be connected to the rear surface of the upper panel and extending rearwardly therefrom. A hook and loop fastener or other functionally equivalent attachment mechanism may be affixed about an upper edge of the upper panel. Each panel may be formed of a PE/HDPE material encased in a textile carrier, formed in a manner such as to circumscribe the entire ballistic material panels.

US12638275 - Portable dynamic automatic reactive target system for enhanced firearms training

A portable, dynamic, and wireless reactive target system designed for firearms training. The system features electromechanical targets that dynamically present themselves and record performance metrics, enhancing shooter training through varied target presentations. The targets communicate wirelessly with a central controller application on a tablet, offering flexible deployment and rapid setup. Performance data is analyzed and displayed in customizable reports, enabling targeted skill improvement. The system includes features like LED illumination for specialized drills and competitive scenarios, ensuring a comprehensive and realistic training experience.

US12638276 - Arming tandem and locking collar for perforating gun systems

An arming tandem for a perforating gun is provided. The arming tandem includes an internal arming pin that is biased in a retracted position. Detonating the last perforating gun in a gun string forces the arming pin in the immediately adjacent tandem into contact with a grounding plate in the next perforating gun, thereby arming the next perforating gun. The arming pin is biased in the retracted position by a helical compression spring that is contained within a counterbored opening in the arming tandem. An adjacent bulkhead includes a grounding plate that surrounds a contact pin. The grounding plate provides a flat surface for contacting the arming pin and creating a secure connection to ground.

US12638277 - Ammunition tuned for a given firearm barrel length and system and method for making the same

A system and method for the determination of an optimal ammunition round based upon a barrel length of a given firearm and resulting ammunition. The ammunition is preferably provided in a single load for a given caliber and bullet optimized for a range of barrel lengths, wherein a user can select a preferred single load for a given firearm regardless of barrel length.

US12638278 - Fixed blade broadhead with integral facet sharpening guides, including insertable arrow shaft support and central interior cavity

A fixed blade, two-blade broadhead for use on a hunting arrow that employs multiple, flat surface facets that automatically hold the correct bevel angle for edge sharpening when the broadhead is placed upon a sharpening stone.

US12638279 - Projectile with a tapered structure within a forward cavity

A projectile comprising a bullet slidably mounted within a cartridge, which includes a propellant to propel the bullet when fired. The bullet features a head section and a trailing section located aft of the head section. The head section comprises one or more side walls defining a cavity with an opening at the leading end of the bullet. A tapered structure secured to the trailing section extends into the cavity, tapering in a fore direction towards the central longitudinal axis of the bullet. Upon impact with a target, the one or more side walls are configured to break away from the trailing section, and the tapered structure reduces drag and pressure build-up in the trailing section, allowing for greater penetration capabilities.

US12638280 - Weaponized unmanned vehicles, weapons release systems, and low-cost munitions for remotely engaging one or more targets

Unmanned systems, and primarily vehicles, and in most embodiments unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as well as novel guided and unguided munitions are presented herein. to the two combine to present unmanned weaponized systems that not only carry weapons functionality, but allow for advanced observation and reconnaissance. These unmanned systems are largely directed toward military applications where the weaponized unmanned system may be forward deployed to allow human warfighters to remain at long range distances from the potential targets, and to provide surveillance, target identification and tracking, general reconnaissance information, and the like, while also providing weaponized attack capabilities. The unmanned systems may, in some embodiments, include advanced command and control capabilities for communication between the system and the remote, rear-positioned warfighter, and between separate elements of the unmanned system. Many embodiments also include weapons systems, munitions, or rounds with guidance and real-time maneuverability capabilities as well.

US12638281 - Dual-orientation power and signaling system and method thereof

A guided vehicle that includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a longitudinal axis defined between the first end and the second end, and a payload disposed inside of the body between the first end and the second end. The guided vehicle also includes a guidance kit that is configured to guide the guided vehicle, an adapter that mechanically connects the payload and the guidance kit with one another, and an electrical interconnection system that electrically connects the guidance kit and the payload with one another inside of the adapter. When the payload and the guidance kit are mechanically connected with one another and electrically connected with one another, the payload and the guidance kit are angularly aligned at a same clock position measured relative to the longitudinal axis or angularly displaced at different clock positions measured relative to the longitudinal axis.

US12638282 - Ammunition sorting device

Various embodiments of the present disclosure include an ammunition sorting device. The ammunition sorting device can include a sorting tray. In some embodiments, the sorting tray can include a proximal sorting portion and a distal sorting portion. In some embodiments, a plurality of sorting lumens can be defined within the sorting tray. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of sorting lumens can extend between the proximal sorting portion and the distal sorting portion of the sorting tray. In some embodiments, a chute can be disposed adjacent the distal sorting portion of the sorting tray, the chute including a proximal chute portion and a distal chute portion. In some embodiments, the chute can define a plurality of chute lumens corresponding to each of the plurality of sorting lumens and extending between the proximal chute portion and the distal chute portion.

US12638283 - Communications in electronic detonators

A detonator blasting system includes a blasting machine or logger, at least one electronic detonator arranged in an array with electrical connection between them. An improved communications method results in faster communications throughout the blast process.

US12638564 - Wavefront correction for aerodynamic and atmospheric effects to an optical sensor on a high-speed flight vehicle

A system and method for measurement and correction of aero-optical and aero-thermal effects to an EO/IR sensor's window/dome on a supersonic flight-vehicle. Range-gating of laser pulses measures and separates aerodynamic and atmospheric effects. Separate control algorithms and control loops at different update rates both simplifies the control algorithms and improves overall performance. The use of a MEMS MMA having tip/tilt/piston capabilities as the deformable mirror to provide wavefront correction enhances overall performance. The corrected laser pulses may also be used to actively illuminate a target to provide both active and passive detection.

US12638844 - Systems and methods of detecting intent of spatial control

Systems and methods of manipulating/controlling robots. In many scenarios, data collected by a sensor (connected to a robot) may not have very high precision (e.g., a regular commercial/inexpensive sensor) or may be subjected to dynamic environmental changes. Thus, the data collected by the sensor may not indicate the parameter captured by the sensor with high accuracy. The present robotic control system is directed at such scenarios. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for computing a sliding velocity limit boundary for a spatial controller. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for teleoperation of a vehicle located in the field of view of a camera.

US12641698 - Tactical light with automated lighting controls and systems including the same

A light includes a housing, a first illumination assembly, a second illumination assembly, and a control unit. The housing defines a central axis. The first illumination assembly, the second illumination assembly, and the control unit are disposed within the housing. The first illumination assembly and the second illumination assembly each have an on state in which a light beam is emitted and an off state. The control unit is configured to detect a first pitch and a second pitch of the central axis with respect to a direction of the force of gravity. The control unit is in signal communication with the first illumination assembly and the second illumination assembly such that in the first pitch the first illumination assembly is in the on state and in the second pitch the second illumination assembly is in the on the state.

USD1127975 - Firearm slide

USD1127976 - Firearm slide

USD1127977 - Rifle

US12629732 - Firearm bore cleaner

A firearm bore cleaner for cleaning a bore of a firearm includes a cleaning segment and a pulling segment. The cleaning segment cleans the bore of the firearm when the cleaning segment is moved along the bore. The cleaning segment includes a tail end connector adjacent a tail end portion. The pulling segment is sized and shaped to be inserted into the bore. The pulling segment includes a head end connector adjacent the head end portion of the pulling segment. A tail end portion of the pulling segment is connected to a head end portion of the cleaning segment. The head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment can be releasably connect to each other to couple the head end portion of the pulling segment and the tail end portion of the cleaning segment together in order to form a closed loop.

US12631092 - Kinetic energy perforating round and methods of use

Perforation devices including gas supply structures and methods of utilizing the same. The perforation devices include a magazine, a barrel, an action, and the gas supply structure. The magazine is configured to contain a plurality of cartridges. The barrel extends between a breech, which is configured to receive a selected cartridge of the plurality of cartridges that includes a selected projectile, and a muzzle, which is configured, upon firing of the selected cartridge, to permit the selected projectile to exit the barrel at a muzzle velocity and with a muzzle trajectory. The action is configured to transfer the selected cartridge from the magazine to the breech of the barrel and to fire the selected cartridge. The gas supply structure is configured to provide a gas stream to the barrel and includes a surface gas source and a gas supply conduit extending between the surface gas source and the barrel.

US12631093 - Overmolded shaped charge and methods of use

One example apparatus includes a shaped charge, and an overmold that includes one or more layers surrounding a portion of the shaped charge. The overmold may contact, and conform to, a case within which the shaped charge is received, and the overmold may further contact, and conform to, a cartridge wall within which the shaped charge and the overmold are positioned. An electrical or electronic component may be partly embedded in the overmold.

US12631411 - Pistol compensator components, systems, and methods

In a preferred embodiment, a pistol compensator system comprises a compensator, an elastomeric spacer, an assortment of variously sized shims, a spring guide rod, and a spring plug. The compensator of this system comprises a body, a barrel cavity, a threaded bore, an oval rod cavity, and a plug cavity. The spring plug of this system comprises a latch extension. The spring guide rod of this system comprises a muzzle end. When this preferred embodiment is installed on a pistol, if the pistol is in battery (slide closed) the latch extension is disposed in the plug cavity, and if the pistol is out of battery (slide back) the muzzle end of the guide rod is disposed in the rod cavity. In this preferred embodiment, the compensator is tensioned to the end of the barrel by the elastomeric spacer and a shim.

US12631412 - Tapered barrel guides for firearms

A recoil operated gun or firearm utilizes a tapered guide face on a barrel guide and/or a tapered barrel face on a barrel of the gun to realign or zero the barrel relative to a sight device (e.g., optic or iron signs) mounted on the slide or forend supporting the barrel guide.

US12631413 - Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon

The present invention relates to an arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon mounted to an elevation device for elevation about an elevation axis, the arrangement comprising an ammunition feeding device arranged between an ammunition channel, from which ammunition is guided, and said weapon, said feeding device being rotatably arranged about a feeding axis, said feeding device having at least one ammunition grip member configured to rotate about said feeding axis between an ammunition collection location at said ammunition channel and an ammunition release location at said weapon, wherein said arrangement is configured such that said at least one ammunition grip member is configured to be rotatably adaptable relative to said feeding axis based on the elevation of said weapon so as to facilitate feeding the ammunition to the weapon in connection to the ammunition release location independent of elevation of said weapon.

US12631414 - Gun magazine including spring with uneven stack height upon compression

A gun magazine spring and magazine assembly having a novel design. The coils of the spring are configured to nest in certain regions and overlap in others. The result is that—as the spring nears its fully compressed state—the spring has an uneven stack height from left to right. The uneven stack height produces a predictable lateral displacement of the follower. The higher of the two stacked sides of the spring protrudes laterally outward through a lateral relief in the follower. This feature allows the spring and follower to overlap in the vertical direction to a greater extent than would be possible with conventional laterally-even spring nesting. The additional overlap produces additional internal space while also ensuring that the spring and follower assembly behave in a predictable manner.

US12631415 - 3D-printed support structures for sound suppressors

Sound suppressors are provided. The sound suppressor includes an engagement, attachable to a barrel of a firearm, and one or more baffle structures manufactured by 3D printing and forming a baffle stack. Each baffle structure includes one or more baffles housed within a wall. The baffles are connected to one another and to the wall by one or more supports, which provide for improved structural strength. The supports further define channels between the baffles and the wall, decreasing weight without sacrificing structural strength. The channels are open or sealed to facilitate flow of pressurized gas between chambers defined by the baffles and the wall, the pressurized gas being generated during discharge of the firearm. The pressurized gas decompresses and cools while traveling between the chambers and the channels, thereafter exiting the sound suppressor at a decreased pressure, temperature, and velocity, which may attenuate a noise associated with the discharge.

US12631416 - Suppression systems for firearms

The present disclosure relates to a suppression system for a firearm, including: a barrel having first and second portions, wherein a wall thickness of the second portion is less than that of the first portion; and an integrally mounted suppressor.

US12631417 - Firearm accessory mounts

A firearm accessory mounting device is disclosed, comprising a nut, a collar coupled to the nut, and a follower captured between the collar and within a cam track of the nut. When the nut is rotated relative to the collar, threaded engagement secures the nut to the collar. Once the threaded engagement causes a torque threshold to be reached, further rotation of the nut causes the follower to extend radially inward to create a compressive force on a muzzle device and quickly and stably attach the firearm accessory mounting device.

US12631418 - Takedown firearm

A takedown firearm that may utilize removable barrels of different calibers. The disclosed firearm does not require a barrel extension, instead providing positioning of the barrel that is sufficiently precise and repeatable. Tensioning of the barrel is provided passively during installation of the removable barrel, without need for adjustment or additional tightening. Securing the removable barrel to the receiver does not structurally involve the fore end, thereby avoiding harmonics effects associated with fore end interfaces to the receiver. The firearm takes advantage of an “underspaced” chamber arrangement to provide additional tolerance for manufacturing and assembly of the firearm.

US12631419 - Combined surveillance camera and scope firearm apparatus

The embodiment of this invention is a combined zoom surveillance camera and zoom scope firearm interconnected on a bipole shaft apparatus, including: A top end ball-bearing which is partially encompassed by one end of a peg brace connected to a rotatable overhead pulley rim; A off-middle tripod of three circular level pivotal surveillance cameras; A off-middle ball-bearing which is partially encompassed by a bearing ring affixed with three hook shaped rods for attachably hanging the bipole shaft apparatus from a ceiling; and, a bottom end base of at least one to three scope firearms for targeting a threatening mass human shooter. The entire bipole shaft apparatus of said top end ball-bearing, off-middle three cameras, off-middle ball-bearing, and bottom end one to three firearms may be simultaneously tilt shifted and circularly rotated on a downward angle whenever a local or distal computer terminal operator activate the necessary electrical wire or wireless torque energy conveyed to the bipole shaft's top end ball-bearing's said connected peg brace and pulley rim band via an electric motor and generator box.

US12631420 - Rifle action cleaning tool

A rifle action cleaning tool is provided. The rifle action cleaning tool is especially suitable for effectively and quickly cleaning the raceway and lug recesses of a rifle action. The cleaning tool has a cleaning rod attached to a first cleaning portion and a second cleaning portion. The first cleaning portion (which may have bristles) may rotate three hundred and sixty degrees prior to entering raceway of the rifle while the second cleaning portion (which may have a swab or sponge) remains fixed to the cleaning rod and rotates three hundred and sixty degrees along with a handle portion of the cleaning rod. More specifically, the first cleaning portion may rotate independent from the second cleaning portion.

US12631421 - Firearm training system and method of operation supporting programmable settings

A firearm training system comprises a firearm training device that includes: a device body; a trigger; a trigger sensor; a laser emitter; and an electronic control system. The electronic control system has settings data stored thereon that includes one or more laser settings that defines a pulse length and/or an emission duration of the laser. The electronic control system is configured to: responsive to actuation of the trigger, control the laser emitter to emit the laser at the pulse length and/or the emission duration defined by the one or more laser settings; receive a command to change a laser setting of the one or more laser settings; and update the laser setting based on the command to vary the pulse length and/or the emission duration of the laser to be emitted by the laser emitter responsive to actuation of the trigger.

US12631422 - Magwell for use with firearms

The invention is related to a magwell ( 7 ) which provides for a more practical placement of the magazine into the magazine bearing and speeding of the magazine changing procedure. The magwell body ( 1 ) of the mentioned magwell ( 7 ) aims to be detachably attached to the grip secondary element ( 5 ) which defines the grip and which can be detachably attached to the grip primary element ( 4 ) that is part of the firearm grip.

US12631423 - Firearm stock

A firearm stock includes a comb and a storage cavity that includes an opening extending through at least a portion of the comb. A storage lid is configured to at least partially cover the opening, wherein the storage lid has an open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, a cheek riser is attached to the storage lid. Other firearm stocks and firearm stock accessories are disclosed.

US12631424 - Reusable launching tube for consumer fireworks

A multiple-use fireworks launching tube for the launching of consumer fireworks such as an aerial display shell having a lower lift charge and an upper effect charge. The launching tube includes a base and a one-piece, elongated tube extending from the base. The elongated tube has a tubular wall with a reinforcing lower section that includes a series of outwardly extending circumferential ribs that are spaced apart by recessed circumferential regions located between adjacent ones of the circumferential ribs. A tubular wall thickness of the circumferential ribs may be greater than a tubular wall thickness of an upper section of the tubular wall. Circumferentially spaced-apart ribs extend between the adjacent ones of the circumferential ribs.

US12631425 - Hybrid pad system

A hybrid pad system positioned between a missile and a launch tube is provided herein. The hybrid pad system includes an outer sheet and an inner sheet spaced from the outer sheet. A web region can be positioned between the outer sheet and the inner sheet. A restoration region can be positioned between the outer sheet and the inner sheet and tangentially offset from the web region. A support can be operably coupled with the inner sheet.

US12631426 - Adjustable rear sight used for adjusting height and direction during firearm aiming

The invention relates to the design of an adjustable rear sight assembly which is developed for improving the low hit rate that is caused by user or external errors in the daily use of firearms ( 4 ) and/or professional marksmanship contests; which provides a more stable shooting for the user by producing the fixed rear sight piece used in aiming the firearm ( 4 ) with adjustable height and direction. The rear sight lever ( 1 ), sliding rear sight ( 3 ) and closure part ( 2 ) form the rear sight assembly by being mounted to each other. The adjustable rear sight assembly is also formed on the firearm ( 4 ) and can be connected to the mounting surface ( 12 ).

US12631427 - Firearm foregrip with illuminator

A firearm accessory and associated components and methods. The firearm accessory can include a foregrip and/or an illuminator (e.g., light and/or laser). The firearm accessory can include a support body selectively operatively connectable to a support body receiver in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The support body can include an actuator configured to change an operational state of the illuminator and/or a port configured to connect a remote actuator to the support body.

US12631428 - Automatic weapon subsystem selecting target, ID target, fire

An automated weapon system is comprised of a human transported weapon comprising a barrel and munitions; sensing means; targeting means; computational logic for determining where to aim the human transported weapon; aim computational logic; firing activation means; and, firing means. The munitions can be aimed towards a targeting area to be propelled through the barrel. The sensing means senses which of up to a plurality of targets are within firing range of the automated weapon system. The targeting means selects a selected target from the targets in the targeting area that are within the firing range, responsive to the sensing. The computational logic determines where to aim the human transported weapon so that the munitions will hit the selected target if fired at a firing time. The aim computational logic adjusts the aim of the munitions through the human transported weapon, to compensate as needed for where the selected target is at the firing time, responsive to the determining where to aim. The firing activation means initiating firing of the munitions at the firing time. The firing means fires the munitions responsive to the adjusting the aim and the initiating firing.

US12631429 - Ballistic shield

A protective shield comprises a shield body. The shield body comprises a shield panel having a first and second face defining a threat side in a threat direction and a protected side in a protected direction opposite the threat side and threat direction, respectively, and having opposite panel edges and an edging covering at least part of the panel edges. The shield body further comprises connectors for mounting, in particular removably mounting, one or more accessories to the shield body on the threat side. At least some of the connectors are arranged on the threat side and/or at least one of exposed and exposable on the threat side, and at least partly accommodated in the edging.

US12631430 - Method for providing dart game image

Disclosed is a method for providing a dart game image, which is performed by a dart game device for participating in a play session assigning a play time constraint to two or more devices according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The method for providing a dart game image may include: receiving play related data of another device which participates in the play session in which the dart game device participates; determining a display region in which an object related to the another device is displayed based on the received play related data, wherein the display region is a region at least partially adjacent to an outline of a dart target unit of the dart game device; and displaying the object in the determined display region.