| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 089360010 |
SHIELDS
| 847 |
| 089125000 |
AUTOMATIC
| 252 |
| 089370010 |
MOUNTS
| 110 |
| 089140050 |
BARRELS
| 108 |
| 089100800 |
ROCKET LAUNCHING
| 67 |
| 089330010 |
CARTRIDGE FEEDING
| 61 |
| 089100110 |
WAGING WAR
| 55 |
| 089100130 |
MINE-DESTROYING DEVICES
| 45 |
| 089100150 |
WELL PERFORATORS
| 40 |
| 089100400 |
CHARGING MECHANISMS FOR GUNS
| 36 |
| 089100510 |
BOMB, FLARE AND SIGNAL DROPPING
| 30 |
| 089100140 |
EXPLOSIVE OPERATED APPARATUS (E.G., EXPLOSIVE DOOR HINGE, TOOL EXPLOSIVELY ACTUATED, BAND RELEASE, EXPANSION OF TUBE, CABLE CUTTER, EXPLOSIVELY OPERATED SPLITTING WEDGES)
| 23 |
| 089270110 |
FIRING DEVICES
| 20 |
| 089006000 |
FUSE SETTERS
| 13 |
| 089009000 |
MACHINE GUNS
| 13 |
| 089017000 |
BREECH CLOSURES
| 12 |
| 089045000 |
LOADING
| 9 |
| 089100410 |
MULTIPLE BARREL GUNS
| 9 |
| 089100700 |
RECOILLESS GUN
| 8 |
| 089100340 |
LINE THROWING
| 7 |
| 089100100 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 5 |
| 20080289485 | Rounds counter remotely located from gun - A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other structure. The mounting location is selected to be one where shock loads are relatively high, as compared to other locations on the mount. The rounds counter includes a sensor which senses shock due to the firing of the weapon, such as an accelerometer or strain gauge. The sensor could also be an acoustic transducer. Analog and digital circuitry for processing the sensor signal and to count the firing of the gun is also disclosed. The rounds counter is particularly useful as a common, single rounds counter unit for a weapon mount is adapted to receive and fire a variety of weapons, such as remotely operated weapon mounts mounted to military vehicles and patrol watercraft adapted to receive and fire four different types of guns. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080295677 | Method and apparatus for detecting and disabling optical weapon sight - The present invention is an apparatus for detecting and disabling a human eye or optical device used in the fire control of a weapon. This apparatus comprises a prism having a plurality of peripheral reflective surface. This prism has a longitudinal axis and rotating about said longitudinal axis. An infrared (IR) laser directs an infrared laser beam toward the prism side that the laser beam is reflected toward the human eye or optical device, such that the IR laser beam is retroreflected to the prism. There is also an infrared IR detector which detects the IR retroreflected laser beam reflected from the prism. A visible light wavelength laser which produces a visible light wavelength laser beam which is reflected from the prism to the human eye or optical device to disable the human eye or optical device to prevent use of the weapon. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100011943 | Rounds counter remotely located from gun - A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other structure. The mounting location is selected to be one where shock loads are relatively high, as compared to other locations on the mount. The rounds counter includes a sensor which senses shock due to the firing of the weapon, such as an accelerometer or strain gauge. The sensor could also be an acoustic transducer. Analog and digital circuitry for processing the sensor signal and to count the firing of the gun is also disclosed. The rounds counter is particularly useful as a common, single rounds counter unit for a weapon mount is adapted to receive and fire a variety of weapons, such as remotely operated weapon mounts mounted to military vehicles and patrol watercraft adapted to receive and fire four different types of guns. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100089226 | Remote Monitoring And Munitions Deployment System - A system for remotely monitoring an environment and selectively deploying munitions is provided. The system is comprised of sensors to monitor one or more select environments, one or more munitions deployment devices disposed in the selected environment, and an operator control unit (OCU) operable to communicate with the munitions deployment device(s) and sensors. Sensor data is communicated to the system, enabling a user to selectively deploy munitions disposed in or in communication with the munitions deployment device(s), based on the threat detected by the sensors. Deployable munitions include both lethal and non-lethal munitions. The munitions deployment devices may be deployed in a stationary location, or in mobile applications, such as on a robotic vehicle, and accommodate removably, electrically initiated munitions cartridges. Further, the deployment devices may be in wired or wireless communication with the system, allowing virtually unlimited scalability. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110120291 | NON-FIRING HOUSING IMITATING A FUNCTIONING RECEIVER FOR A FIREARM - A non-firing housing imitates a functioning receiver for a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun. The non-firing housing includes a thick sidewall that is thicker than the corresponding sidewall of the functioning receiver such that the non-firing housing prohibits the receipt of at least one of the required firing components that are received in the functioning receiver to create a functioning gun, thus prohibiting the use of the non-firing housing as a functioning receiver in a semi-automatic or fully automatic gun. | 05-26-2011 |
| 089000000 |
PNEUMATIC | 4 |
| 20100212481 | Two-stage light gas gun - An improved two-stage light gas gun for launching projectiles at high speeds. The gun consists of three tubes: the expansion, pump, and launch tubes. The expansion tube contains a close-fitting expansion piston that is propelled by an explosive charge. The expansion piston in turn drives the pump piston housed within the pump tube by means of a rod connecting the two pistons. The action of the pump piston adiabatically compresses and heats a light gas of hydrogen or helium, bursting a diaphragm at a predetermined pressure and expelling the projectile from the launch tube at a very high speed. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100313742 | Projectile Launcher - An apparatus to launch projectiles such as paintballs, BBs, grenades, rocket foam and others. The apparatus uses a cordless nailer fuel cell to provide combustible material to a fan-assisted combustion chamber; the combustible is ignited generating energy to propel the projectile out of the apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20140260930 | RAM ACCELERATOR SYSTEM - One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150330147 | RAM ACCELERATOR SYSTEM WITH ENDCAP - One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second. An endcap may be deployed within a tube of the ram accelerator device to prevent incursion of formation pressure products such as oil, water, mud, gas, and so forth into a guide tube of the ram accelerator. During operation the projectile penetrates the endcap and at least a portion thereof impact a working face. In some implementations a purge gas may be used to form a ullage between the endcap and the working face. | 11-19-2015 |
| 089100300 |
MUZZLE LOADING | 3 |
| 20120024135 | MORTAR - A mortar includes at least one barrel mounted movably over a ball journal in a bottom supporting device, and an aiming device serving to aim the barrel vertically and horizontally. In order to be able to aim the barrel of the mortar automatically in a simple and cost advantageous manner, the aiming device preferably comprises a carriage that can be moved along guideways essentially horizontally towards or away from the barrel. At the carriage, the first end region of a pivoted arm is mounted so that it can be rotated about a pivot axis, and the second end region of the pivoted arm is connected with a spherical plain bearing, guiding the barrel. The spherical plain bearing embraces a housing part, which is open at its end faces and in which an inner part is mounted spherically (rotatably), which contains a cylindrical barrel guide, for movably accommodating the barrel. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120132059 | WEAPON WITH RECOIL AND BRAKING DEVICE, DAMPING THIS RECOIL - The invention relates to a weapon ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20150330732 | MORTAR SAFETY DEVICE - A safety device for a front-loading weapon of the type comprising a mortar barrel having a closed breech end and an opposite open end for launching a mortar projectile. The device includes at least one sensor, configured for mounting adjacent the mortar barrel, for sensing a mortar projectile upon its insertion in the barrel and an electronic circuit, coupled to said sensor, for detecting movement of the mortar projectile past said sensor, thereby to detect the presence of the projectile in the barrel. | 11-19-2015 |
| 089005000 |
SUBMARINE | 2 |
| 20120210856 | Multi-Shoot Launcher Comprising a Load-Redirecting Pusher Plate - Stacked munitions are launched at high velocity from a launcher by redirecting, to the barrel of launcher, the static load that would otherwise be borne by the nose the projectile in position three for launch. This is accomplished via a load-redirecting pusher plate comprising a load-receiving surface and a plurality of compression members. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120210857 | Multi-shot Launcher Comprising External Propellant - An underwater gun for firing stacked munitions includes external propellant bays. In some embodiments, after a first munition is launched from the barrel of the launcher, propellant in one of the external propellant bays is ignited. The gas that is generated upon ignition is routed to the bore of the barrel and expels water that is in the barrel. A munition is then immediately launched through the cleared barrel. | 08-23-2012 |
| 089008000 |
ACCELERATING | 1 |
| 20110290101 | SEQUENTIAL INJECTION GAS GUNS FOR ACCELERATING PROJECTILES - Gas guns and methods for accelerating projectiles through such gas guns are described. More particularly, gas guns having a first injection port located proximate a breech end of a barrel and a second injection port located longitudinally between the first injection port and a muzzle end of the barrel are described. Additionally, modular gas guns that include a plurality of modules are described, wherein each module may include a barrel segment having one or more longitudinally spaced injection ports. Also, methods of accelerating a projectile through a gas gun, such as injecting a first pressurized gas into a barrel through a first injection port to accelerate the projectile and propel the projectile down the barrel past a second injection port and injecting a second pressurized gas into the barrel through the second injection port after passage of the projectile and to further accelerate the projectile are described. | 12-01-2011 |
| 089100200 |
SMOKE OR RESIDUE EJECTOR | 1 |
| 20080250915 | Weapon System - A weapon system comprising a barrel for accommodating a projectile in a breech end portion, a muzzle end portion and a breech. The weapon system further comprises means for purging the barrel comprising a coanda slot, a coanda profile provided downstream of the coanda slot, and a source of pressurised gas, a duct which connects the source of pressurised gas to the coanda slot so that pressurised gas can be selectively supplied to the coanda slot and along the coanda profile, thereby entraining air in the barrel and exhausting debris and/or fumes through the muzzle end portion after firing of a projectile, and a valve for controlling flow of gas through the duct. | 10-16-2008 |
| 089400050 |
EXPLOSION OPENED BREECH | 1 |
| 20120090450 | Cocking And Uncocking Mechanism For A Firearm - The invention relates to a cocking and uncocking mechanism for a firearm, comprising a spring-loaded firing pin which, when in the cocked position, engages on a catch that can be released to fire, said catch being displaceable by an actuator element acting upon the catch via a link motion the control cam of which maintains the force to be applied to the actuator element to displace the catch to the cocked position substantially constant at least in the center region of the actuation path. | 04-19-2012 |
| 089100350 |
TRENCH MORTARS | 1 |
| 20100147140 | Firing device for close-in defense ammunition - A firing device ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 089100420 |
GUN HANDLES | 1 |
| 20100236389 | Detachable Carrying Handle For Firearm WIth Increased Range - A detachable carrying handle for a firearm, such as a semi-automatic or automatic firearm, having increased range. The detachable carrying handle includes a carrying handle body that defines a window to receive a rear sight base of a rear sight. The carrying handle body further includes a pin opening positioned below the window that is configured to secure the rear sight base of the rear sight to the carrying handle body through the use of a pin. The rear sight base further defines a sight opening and a threaded end that is configured to mate with a threaded opening of an elevation knob positioned in the window. The elevation knob may be used, in operation, to adjust the height of the rear sight. The threaded end of the rear sight base further includes at least one elongated slot that are configured to receive the pin that is used to secure the rear sight base to the carrying handle body. The detachable carrying handle of the present invention provides a solution to the problems of limited range of known firearms using a rear sight mounted to the carrying handle. | 09-23-2010 |
