Belt-Fed

Patents tagged Belt-Fed

Jul 14, 2026

US12680771 - Caliber and feed-side convertible firearm

Disclosed herein is a firearm including a main body having attached thereto a trigger group, a belt feed mechanism, a bolt carrier group, a barrel extension group, a belt box mount, and a stock assembly. The trigger group engages a bottom face of the main body. The trigger group enables fully-automatic mode of operation or select-fire modes of operation (automatic and semi-automatic). The belt feed mechanism is user-selectively engaged with a left-side or a right-side engagement interface of the main body. A top portion (e.g., top surface) of the belt box mount may engage a mating interface at a bottom portion (e.g., bottom surface) of the main body for fixedly engaging the belt box mount to the main body in a manner that inhibits vertical separation of the belt box mount from the main body The stock assembly is engaged with a rear end portion of the main body.

Nov 25, 2025

US12480726 - Feed chute adapter

An adapter for a belt fed firearm. The adapter includes a plate, a cutout in the plate that allows ammunition to pass through the plate, a plurality of recesses for receiving a plurality of guide lips fixed to the firearm, and a plurality of bosses for receiving a plurality of latches fixed to a feed chute.

Sep 2, 2025

US12405075 - Belt-fed rotary gun

A belt-fed Gatling-style gun is provided. In some embodiments, the belt-feed system allows a plurality of individually separable belt links to be connected in series to feed cartridges to a belt-fed rotary gun. Each individual belt link may be removably connected to a series of belt links to facilitate ease of loading and making belts of ammunition of any length.