Pistol

Patents tagged Pistol

Jan 6, 2026

US12516899 - Hydraulic recoil device for handgun applications

A hydraulic recoil device for a handgun or pistol is provided. The device includes a cylinder defining an interior hollow compartment having a first end and a second end. The device further includes a first resilient member; a piston assembly arranged adjacent to the first resilient member and at least partially within the cylinder, where the piston assembly includes a piston head, a piston rod, and a piston cap; an accumulator arranged within the cylinder; and a second resilient member outside of the cylinder. The piston assembly is configured to remove an initial jolt in a firing cycle with a hydraulic resistance and the second resilient member is configured to provide recoil reduction after the initial jolt in the firing cycle. A method of reducing recoil in a handgun or pistol is also provided.

Jan 6, 2026

US12516901 - Accessories for pistol-to-rifle conversion kit

A pistol-to-rifle conversion kit includes a rifle body that includes a lower receiver, which includes a grip mounting portion, which is rearwardly adjacent to a trigger guard, which is rearwardly adjacent to a magazine well receiving portion, an auxiliary trigger sliding mounted in the rifle body and including an elongate member and a forward trigger interface member, which extends from a forward portion of the elongate member and which is configured to interface with a trigger of a pistol mounted in the rifle body, and a trigger member which extends from the elongate member for directly contacting a shooter's finger, and one or more of the following in any combination thereof: an ambidextrous rifle body quick-lock fastener, an ambidextrous magazine release button, an ambidextrous safety selector, and an assault-rifle-style charging handle.

Dec 9, 2025

US12492878 - Recessed expansion chamber in a gun slide configured for improving recoil mitigation in firearms

A recessed expansion chamber in a gun slide is configured for improving recoil mitigation in firearms. The gun slide is for a pistol firearm with a barrel and includes a recessed expansion chamber. The recessed expansion chamber is positioned forward of the barrel end of the barrel. An expansion chamber opening is included through the gun slide in communication with the recessed expansion chamber. The recessed expansion chamber is configured to allow gases leaving the barrel at the barrel end to expand and be directed out of the gun slide through the expansion chamber opening.

Dec 2, 2025

US12487043 - Device for disassembling a firearm

This disclosure concerns a pistol having an anti-disassembly protection device, which includes a disassembly key arranged rotatably in a frame, and which can be manually turned between an angular locking position and an angular disassembly position, and which disassembly key may occupy a transverse resting position and a transverse rotation position. The disassembly key has blocking means that cooperate with additional blocking means on the frame in order to prevent rotation of the disassembly key into the angular disassembly position when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position.

Nov 4, 2025

US12460883 - Self-loading pistol

A self-loading pistol includes a housing which, in particular by means of two wall portions that are located opposite one another in the transverse direction, and a cover portion, defines a receiving region for a locking device of the self-loading pistol. In a closed state of the self-loading pistol, the locking device is received, at least in portions, inside the receiving region of the housing and is movable inside the receiving region of the housing, in particular along the longitudinal axis of the receiving region.