Abstract

The disclosure is directed at a blank fire bullet trap attachment (BFBTA) that provides improved protection for firearm users when live ammunition is accidently loaded into the firearm. The BFBTA includes a barrel portion made of a first metal; and a hardened element portion made of a second metal, the hardened element portion sized to frictionally fit within the pipe portion; wherein the first metal is softer than the second metal, such that when live ammunition contacts the hardened element portion, the hardened element portion slides within the barrel portion.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/00 - Barrels or gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
• F41A 33/00 - Adaptations for training; Gun simulators

Abstract

The disclosure is directed at a blank fire bullet trap attachment (BFBTA) that provides improved protection for firearm users when live ammunition is accidently loaded into the firearm. The BFBTA includes a barrel portion made of a first metal; and a hardened element portion made of a second metal, the hardened element portion sized to frictionally fit within the pipe portion; wherein the first metal is softer than the second metal, such that when live ammunition contacts the hardened element portion, the hardened element portion slides within the barrel portion.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/00 - Barrels or gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
• F41A 33/00 - Adaptations for training; Gun simulators

Goods & Services

(1) Firearms and parts thereof; rifles and parts thereof; carbines, being light short-barreled repeating rifles, and parts thereof; military rifles and parts thereof; guns and parts thereof; pistols and parts thereof; revolvers and parts thereof; handguns, namely, pistols and revolvers, and parts thereof; automatic guns and parts thereof; automatic rifles and parts thereof; submachine guns and parts thereof; machine guns and parts thereof; airsoft guns not for recreational use; air pistols being air guns; air pistols being weapons, not toys; air rifles being weapons, not toys; ammunition; ammunition bags; ammunition magazines and component parts for ammunition magazines; magazines for weapons; bags specially adapted to hold rifles, carbines, guns, pistols, revolvers, or handguns; bandoliers for weapons; bandoliers for holding ammunition, ammunition cartridges, or ammunition cases; belts adapted for ammunition; cases specially adapted for rifles, carbines, guns, pistols, revolvers, or handguns; case covers for firearms; cleaning brushes for firearms; covers for firearms; mounts for firearms, namely, gun mounts, mounts for attaching accessories to a firearm; firearm hand guard; firearm slings; firearm tactical rails; flare pistols; foresights for firearms; grenade launchers; grenades; grips for firearms, namely, grips for small arms, rifle hand grips, pistol grips; grip tape for firearms; handles for firearms, namely, handles for pistols and revolvers; holsters; load-bearing vests adapted primarily for holding firearms, grenades, and ammunition; noise suppressors for guns; noise suppressors for firearms; non-telescopic gun sights for firearms; protective lens covers for non-telescopic gun sights; shoulder straps for weapons; sighting mirrors for firearms; sights, other than telescopic sights, for firearms; silencers for firearms; sling straps for firearms; tripods and stands for firearms; wiping rods for firearms; firearm tactical deployment systems sold as a unit, namely, firearms, software used for tactical deployment of firearms, wireless computer network transmitters and receivers, portable computers; structural parts and components of the aforementioned goods.

Goods & Services

(1) Firearms and parts thereof; rifles and parts thereof; carbines, being light short-barreled repeating rifles, and parts thereof; military rifles and parts thereof; guns and parts thereof; pistols and parts thereof; revolvers and parts thereof; handguns, namely, pistols and revolvers, and parts thereof; automatic guns and parts thereof; automatic rifles and parts thereof; submachine guns and parts thereof; machine guns and parts thereof; airsoft guns not for recreational use; air pistols being air guns; air pistols being weapons, not toys; air rifles being weapons, not toys; ammunition; ammunition bags; ammunition magazines and component parts for ammunition magazines; magazines for weapons; bags specially adapted to hold rifles, carbines, guns, pistols, revolvers, or handguns; bandoliers for weapons; bandoliers for holding ammunition, ammunition cartridges, or ammunition cases; belts adapted for ammunition; cases specially adapted for rifles, carbines, guns, pistols, revolvers, or handguns; case covers for firearms; cleaning brushes for firearms; covers for firearms; mounts for firearms, namely, gun mounts, mounts for attaching accessories to a firearm; firearm hand guard; firearm slings; firearm tactical rails; flare pistols; foresights for firearms; grenade launchers; grenades; grips for firearms, namely, grips for small arms, rifle hand grips, pistol grips; grip tape for firearms; handles for firearms, namely, handles for pistols and revolvers; holsters; load-bearing vests adapted primarily for holding firearms, grenades, and ammunition; noise suppressors for guns; noise suppressors for firearms; non-telescopic gun sights for firearms; protective lens covers for non-telescopic gun sights; shoulder straps for weapons; sighting mirrors for firearms; sights, other than telescopic sights, for firearms; silencers for firearms; sling straps for firearms; tripods and stands for firearms; wiping rods for firearms; firearm tactical deployment systems sold as a unit, namely, firearms, software used for tactical deployment of firearms, wireless computer network transmitters and receivers, portable computers; structural parts and components of the aforementioned goods.

Abstract

A firearm includes one or more rails to which accessories may be mounted. The rails provide a communication path over which data may be transferred between the accessories and a processor located in the rails or in the firearm. The processor may cause the data to be sent to another location and may receive other data from other locations to provide a network of intercommunicating firearms that may deployed in a battlefield environment.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A firearm includes one or more rails to which accessories may be mounted. The rails provide a communication path over which data may be transferred between the accessories and a processor located in the rails or in the firearm. The processor may cause the data to be sent to another location and may receive other data from other locations to provide a network of intercommunicating firearms that may deployed in a battlefield environment.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 12/16 - Arrangements for providing special services to substations
• G06Q 50/26 - Government or public services
• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41G 3/00 - Aiming or laying means
• F41G 3/14 - Indirect aiming means
• F41H 13/00 - Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A plurality of battlefield devices that communicate with a battle management system using a communications network to form a network of intercommunicating battlefield devices that may be deployed in a battlefield environment. Each battlefield device comprising one or more rails to which accessories may be mounted. The rails provide a communication path over which data may be transferred between the accessories and a processor located in the rails or in the battlefield device. The processor configured to cause the data to be sent to another location and to process other data received from other locations over said communications network.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04L 12/16 - Arrangements for providing special services to substations
• H04W 84/12 - WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices
• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41G 3/00 - Aiming or laying means
• F41G 3/14 - Indirect aiming means
• F41H 13/00 - Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or weapon wherein the accessories are conductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via conductive coupling. In one embodiment, a weapon is provided, the weapon having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver; a powered accessory mounted to a rail of the upper receiver; and an apparatus for conductively networking a microcontroller of the powered accessory to a microcontroller of the upper receiver and a microcontroller of the lower receiver, wherein the data is exclusively provided to the powered accessory from the rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41A 21/24 - Barrels or gun tubes with fins or ribs, e.g. for cooling
• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
• F41G 1/16 - Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/40 - Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H01R 13/04 - Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or weapon wherein the accessories are conductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via conductive coupling. In one embodiment, a weapon is provided, the weapon having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver; a powered accessory mounted to a rail of the upper receiver; and an apparatus for conductively networking a microcontroller of the powered accessory to a microcontroller of the upper receiver and a microcontroller of the lower receiver, wherein the data is exclusively provided to the powered accessory from the rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41A 21/24 - Barrels or gun tubes with fins or ribs, e.g. for cooling
• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
• F41G 1/16 - Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/40 - Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H01R 13/04 - Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or weapon wherein the accessories are inductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via inductive coupling. In one embodiment, a weapon is provided, the weapon having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver; a powered accessory mounted to a rail of the upper receiver; and an apparatus for inductively networking a microcontroller of the powered accessory to a microcontroller of the upper receiver and a microcontroller of the lower receiver, wherein the data is exclusively provided to the powered accessory from one of a plurality of coils located within the rail; and wherein the powered accessory further comprises a plurality of coils and the powered accessory is configured to determine when one of the plurality of coils of the powered accessory is adjacent to the one of the plurality of coils of the rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41A 11/02 - Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/40 - Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H01R 25/16 - Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts
• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or weapon wherein the accessories are inductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via inductive coupling. In one embodiment, a weapon is provided, the weapon having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver; a powered accessory mounted to a rail of the upper receiver; and an apparatus for inductively networking a micro- controller of the powered accessory to a micro-controller of the upper receiver and a micro- controller of the lower receiver, wherein the data is exclusively provided to the powered accessory from one of a plurality of coils located within the rail; and wherein the powered accessory further comprises a plurality of coils and the powered accessory is configured to determine when one of the plurality of coils of the powered accessory is adjacent to the one of the plurality of coils of the rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
• H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• F41A 11/02 - Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/40 - Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for networking accessories to a firearm or weapon wherein the accessories are inductively powered from the rail and data is transferred between the accessories and the rail via inductive coupling. In one embodiment, a weapon is provided, the weapon having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver; a powered accessory mounted to a rail of the upper receiver; and an apparatus for inductively networking a microcontroller of the powered accessory to a microcontroller of the upper receiver and a microcontroller of the lower receiver, wherein the data is exclusively provided to the powered accessory from one of a plurality of coils located within the rail; and wherein the powered accessory further comprises a plurality of coils and the powered accessory is configured to determine when one of the plurality of coils of the powered accessory is adjacent to the one of the plurality of coils of the rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 35/00 - Accessories or details not otherwise provided for
• F41A 11/02 - Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/40 - Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H01R 25/16 - Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts
• H04B 5/00 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive loop type
• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

An electro-mechanical firearm trigger mechanism for controlling the rate of fire for a firearm in automatic firing mode. The controlling being achieved through the use of a solenoid directed by a computer processor. The computer processor being connected to multiple sensors to instruct the solenoid on a rate of fire or to disengage automatic fire if needed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 19/64 - Electric firing mechanisms for automatic or burst-firing mode
• F41A 17/06 - Electric or electromechanical safeties
• F41A 19/59 - Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released by electric means
• F41A 19/67 - Burst limiters

Abstract

A method and system for an inductively powering rail on a firearm to power accessories such as: telescopic sights, tactical sights, laser sighting modules, and night vision scopes. This is achieved by having primary and secondary electromagnets (U-Cores) on both the inductively powering rail and the accessory. Once the electromagnets are in contact, the accessory is able to obtain power through induction via the inductively powering rail. Accessories may be attached to various fixture points on the inductively powering rail and are detected by the firearm when attached and detached. When attached, power and data communications may flow between the accessory and a master CPU located on the firearm. Accessories that are attached to the inductively powering rail and have rechargeable power systems may be recharged via the inductive power rail. Further, accessories that have power that is not needed may be transferred to other accessories.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
• F41G 1/16 - Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/41 - Mounting periscopic sights on smallarms
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H02H 3/00 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection
• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

A method and system for an inductively powering rail on a firearm to power accessories such as: telescopic sights, tactical sights, laser sighting modules, and night vision scopes. This is achieved by having primary and secondary electromagnets (U-Cores) on both the inductively powering rail and the accessory. Once the electromagnets are in contact, the accessory is able to obtain power through induction via the inductively powering rail. Accessories may be attached to various fixture points on the inductively powering rail and are detected by the firearm when attached and detached. When attached, power and data communications may flow between the accessory and a master CPU located on the firearm. Accessories that are attached to the inductively powering rail and have rechargeable power systems may be recharged via the inductive power rail. Further, accessories that have power that is not needed may be transferred to other accessories.

IPC Classes  ?

• H02J 17/00 - Systems for supplying or distributing electric power by electromagnetic waves
• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• F41C 27/00 - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
• F41G 1/16 - Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
• F41G 1/38 - Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
• F41G 1/41 - Mounting periscopic sights on smallarms
• F41G 11/00 - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING - Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories
• H02H 3/00 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection

Abstract

There is provided a flash suppressor for use with a firearm to attenuate muzzle flash. The flash suppressor can be used in conjunction with attachments, and provides mounting and alignment means therefore. In an embodiment, the flash suppressor comprises: a generally cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, a muzzle end, and an exit end; a passage extending through the body and along the longitudinal axis; and a set of apertures. The passage includes: a mount portion for mounting the flash suppressor to the firearm muzzle; a transition portion; an intermediate portion; and a truncated conical portion having a diameter that increases toward the exit end. The transition portion joins the mount portion and the intermediate portion, and the intermediate portion joins the transition portion and the truncated conical portion. The apertures extend through the body of the flash suppressor and into the truncated conical portion, and channel propellant gases.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/34 - Flash dampers

Abstract

A launcher which can be readily converted for use by either a right-handed or left-handed shot. The launcher has a receiver with upper and lower extensions extending forwardly from the receiver body. A barrel is pivotally mounted near forward portions of the extensions, in one of two positions, such that in one position it is pivotable from a home position aligned with the receiver and the extensions between the two extensions, to a load position with the breech of the barrel to the left, and such that in the other position it is pivotable from the home position, to a load position with the breech to the right. One way of accomplishing this is with a barrel support bracket to which the barrel is pivotally mounted, with the barrel support bracket being secured at or near the front of the receiver extensions, and being rotatable between two positions, each corresponding to a different swing direction for the barrel.

IPC Classes  ?

• F41A 21/48 - Barrel mounting means, e.g. releasable mountings for replaceable barrels
• F41F 1/00 - Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns