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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185646 | Pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun A pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun preferably includes a bolt slidable between an open and a closed position. The bolt preferably operates as a firing valve by permitting compressed gas to flow through the bolt when the bolt is in the closed position but preve... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7051638 | Trigger mechanism for small firearms A trigger mechanism for small firearms with a striking hammer, a trigger, and a trigger rail, which interacts with the trigger and which can be moved by a control element from an engagement position for cocking the striking hammer into a release position for releasi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044044 | Radio frequency triggered directed energy munition A laser weapon cartridge for disabling and/or destroying a target is disclosed. In an embodiment, the laser weapon cartridge may be compatible within a ballistic gun. For example, the laser weapon cartridge may be placed in the breech of a gun and armed by the gun's... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044119 | Pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun A pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun preferably includes a bolt slidable between an open and a closed position. The bolt preferably provides a firing mechanism for the paintball gun by permitting compressed gas to flow through the bolt to fire the paintball gun ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036259 | Casing for firearms A casing for firearms, comprising a metal sleeve (15) on which is stably applied, through attachment means, a barrel (12), an inner element (14) made from polymeric material for the anchoring of said sleeve (15) and an outer shell (13 | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032521 | Cargo unit for submunitions A selectable mode multi-mode missile carrying submunitions and incorporating guidance and target seeking functions includes triggering or actuation of the submunitions by programming function on the ground or on board another weapon platform or via a link from the g... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032495 | Combat vehicle having an observation system A combat tank is converted into an artillery observation tank without requiring removal of the main gun. The combat tank is converted by integrating retrofitted equipment necessary for the artillery observation, especially the navigation system (12), into the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025052 | Compressed gas-powdered gun simulating the recoil of a conventional firearm A compressed gas powered gun having a valve assembly (40) for regulating the pressure from shot to shot, a trigger assembly (36) which alters the mode of operation of the gun and a bolt (38) for providing a recoil action and for releasing the ga... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017496 | Kinetic energy rod warhead with imploding charge for isotropic firing of the penetrators A kinetic energy rod warhead with imploding charges for isotropic firing of penetrators including a hull, a core in the hull including a plurality of individual penetrators, explosive charge sections in the hull about the core, and a detonator for each explosive cha... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997173 | Method for shipboard operation of electromagnetic gun and rotating pulse forming network An electromagnetic gun and rotating pulsed network system that includes a gun barrel coupled to a gun mount coupled on a rotating platform on one deck of a naval ship. A pulse forming network which is cylindrical in shape provides pulsed energy to the electromagneti... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986343 | Mechanism for gas operated gun A mechanism for a gas powered gun where a tubular bolt 10 of a paintball gun communicates with a cylinder 16 through bores 17 when in a forward, firing position, allowing compressed gas from the cylinder to expel a paintball. A port 20 wh... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983742 | Collapsible toy air gun A collapsible toy air gun with at least two tapered tubular sections adapted to be cooperatively joined coaxially, at least one supporting plate, a diaphragm and a resilient string. The tapered tubular sections are correspondingly sized concentrically to form a tubu... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6973749 | Equipment for testing a small-calibre weapon on a test bench Equipment for installing a small-calibre weapon on a test bench, comprising U-shaped stirrups provided with clamping screws for bearing against the weapon and locking it in the stirrups. It comprises a set of cavities (21... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973878 | Warhead with aligned projectiles A kinetic energy rod warhead with aligned projectiles includes a projectile core in a hull including a plurality of individual projectiles and an explosive charge in the hull about the core. The individual projectiles are aligned when the explosive charge deploys th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973748 | Paintball guns A paintball gun trigger system includes a trigger, an emitter arranged to emit light and collector arranged to receive an amount of the light that varies with the position of the trigger and produce a signal that varies with the position of the trigger. A controller... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964123 | Laminated firearm weapon assembly and method In a low-cost firearm, the frame of the weapon comprises a laminated structure in which operative grooves and recesses having a base wall and one or more sidewalls are formed by laminating the sidewall to the base wall, so as to avoid the necessity for forming the g... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955111 | Method for safely removing the spindle and the breechblock from the carrier of an M777 howitzer A method comprising the steps of lifting a stool-like device onto the recoil slide rails of a howitzer, sliding the device on the recoil slide rails of the howitzer until the device is centered under the breechblock of the howitzer, receiving and holding the breechb... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955112 | Multi-structure metal matrix composite armor and method of making the same A lightweight armor system may comprise multiple reinforcement materials layered within a single metal matrix casting. These reinforcement materials may comprise ceramics, metals, or other composites with microstructures that may be porous, dense, fibrous or particu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952896 | Gunstock incorporating a storage magazine A gunstock incorporating one or more storage magazines for temporarily storing and retaining ammunition for easy access, the ammunition having a generally flat or recessed nose such as found for example in shotgun shells. The magazine has a port allowing insertion a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6941693 | Paintball guns A paintball gun is disclosed which includes a data link for transferring data to and/or from a remote terminal. The link may be a contact or contactless one. A removable data carrier may be used. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941938 | Adapter assembly with floating pin for operably connecting pressurized bottle to a paintball marker An adapter assembly for releasably interconnecting a pressurized bottle with a paintball marker, wherein the adapter assembly includes a piercing pin moveable between retracted position and an extended position. The adapter assembly includes an internally threaded f... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938534 | Locking assembly for firearm simulators A bolt locking assembly for a weapon simulator, the weapon simulator having a bolt affixed to a firearm housing providing recoil to the user. The bolt is connected to a piston housed in a piston chamber inside the housing. A gas supply provides a compressed gas or f... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935217 | Projectile jacket having frangible closed end and method of manufacture A frangible projectile for gun ammunition wherein the projectile includes a core 96 formed from one or more metal powders which are pressed into a self-supporting compact and incorporated into a metal jacket 10. The metal jacket is initially cup-shaped... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931993 | System and method for a flameless tracer / marker for ammunition housing multiple projectiles utilizing chemlucent chemicals Small, medium and large caliber ammunition housing multiple projectiles are traced by means of a tracing/marking system utilizing chemlucent chemicals. The tracing/marking system also provides target marking when using small, medium and large caliber ammunition. Mul... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925938 | Electro-explosive device with laminate bridge A semiconductor bridge (SCB) device. In one embodiment, the SCB device includes a laminate layer on top of an insulating material, wherein the laminate layer comprises a series of layers of at least two reactive materials, and wherein the laminate layer comprises tw... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923107 | Armored vehicle, especially combat tank An armored vehicle, especially combat vehicle, having an outer wall (1) in which is disposed an air inlet opening (2) behind which a radiator is positioned in the interior of the vehicle. To produce a ballistic protective device at the air inlet openin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918201 | Method of increasing the firing rate of a muzzle loaded black powder rifle and a rifle for practicing same A method of achieving an increased muzzle loaded, black powder hunting rifle firing rate and a muzzle loaded black powder hunting rifle used to practice the increased muzzle loaded, black powder rifle firing rate method of the invention. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912943 | Bullet sizing and lubricating device A bullet sizing and lubricating device is mountable in an ammunition reloading press to perform bullet sizing and lubricating in one stage with only a single operation of the press lever by using the force generated by the sizing operation to pressurize lubricant ca... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910423 | Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles A kinetic energy rod warhead including a projectile core including a plurality of individual projectiles, an explosive charge about the core, at least one detonator for the explosive charge, and structure for reducing the deployment angles of the projectiles when th... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907814 | Automatic firearms with a detachable breech lock Firearm(s) with a breech lock are disclosed. One such firearm includes a first pivoting lever which, when actuated, releases the breech lock and a second lever, which when actuated also releases the breech lock. The first and second levers are located on opposite si... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907687 | Over-and-under shotgun apparatus and method An over-and-under shotgun apparatus includes a radius track which serves as a hinge for articulating the barrel portion of the shotgun apparatus relative to the receiver/stock portion of the shotgun apparatus. The radius track is defined by a female or concave porti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904901 | Air-powered projectile launcher An air-powered projectile launcher. A double-acting piston within a pump tube is employed. A separate magazine tube is used to hold a plurality of projectiles. One end of the magazine tube feeds into a barrel assembly. The opposite end is closed by a one-way valve. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904902 | Airgun with airflow control An airgun comprising a valve intended to be in contact with a compressed air cartridge, a barrel, into which a bullet is insertable, and a passageway connecting the valve with the barrel. Moreover, the airgun has element with a plurality of through holes of differen... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901689 | Firearm pneumatic counter-recoil modulator and airgun thrust-adjustor An inexpensive generally retrofitable drop-in cartridge-unit of light-weight pneumatic-cylinder design for replacing the conventional metal/compression-spring member housed within the frame of a gun, thereby providing significantly smoother, quiter, more rapid, and ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901838 | Apparatus for adapting a container containing artillery rockets to a launcher apparatus for artillery rockets An apparatus is provided for the adaptation of a container of artillery rockets to a launcher apparatus for such rockets. A box-like launcher frame is disposed on a support structure, especially a vehicle chassis, and is pivotable in elevation and azimuth. At least ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901923 | Pneumatic assembly for a paintball gun A pneumatic assembly preferably includes a compressed gas storage area, a firing valve, and a bolt arranged along substantially the same horizontal axis. A valve retainer, a compressed gas storage area housing, and a bolt assembly are preferably arranged to form a s... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901836 | Controlled rupture device for a structure operating in traction and equipment using same A device is presented including a first support element, a second support element (110) which is separate from the first support element, a structure placed in tension between the two support elements and a rupture device associated with the structure in tens... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901922 | Air propelled water wad launcher A blowgun has a movable mouthpiece coupled to a barrel, wherein a soft, and preferably fluid-soaked projectile is inserted into the barrel through the mouthpiece via a continuous channel that is formed by the mouthpiece and the barrel. After loading of the projectil... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895850 | Pressure-released brake assembly for restraining projectile in launch tube A pressure-released brake assembly restrains a projectile in a launch tube prior to launch and automatically releases the projectile at launch. A brake assembly housing defines cavities that extend substantially radially out from the projectile when the housing is a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895851 | Multi-structure metal matrix composite armor and method of making the same A lightweight armor system may comprise multiple reinforcement materials layered within a single metal matrix casting. These reinforcement materials may comprise ceramics, metals, or other composites with microstructures that may be porous, dense, fibrous or particu... | 05/24/2005 |
