Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12405074 - Locking device for installing a handle assembly of a handgun

A locking device for installation in a receiver assembly of a firearm. Unlocking the locking device allows removal of the slide assembly from the receiver assembly. The locking device includes a locking slider having a retaining lug, first and second guide members each formed on the locking slider, and a locking lever. The retaining lug may interact with a barrel to limit a movement of the slide assembly relative to the receiver assembly. The first and second guide members are received in first and second receiving slots, respectively, of a grip/receiver. The locking lever is pivotable about a pivoting axis and is couplable to the locking slider in such a way that the locking lever serves to actuate the locking slider. A transfer of the locking slider from a retaining position to a release position is effected by rotation of the locking lever.

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.

US12405076 - Unit for loading ammunition into box magazines of small arms

Disclosed is a unit for loading ammunition into box magazines of small arms, applicable for quick replenishment, with ammunition, of magazines of small arms equipped with a replaceable box magazine.

US12405077 - Remotely activated firearm accessory

The invention relates to an electronic device that is used to block the accessibility of a firearms Trigger. Wherein an electronic device is mounted on a rail or rail accessory and is locked in place using a lock and frame allowing the device to fit an array of firearms. The lock and frame are in place to stop easy removal unless the possessor has the key to remove them. The device its self uses a battery to operate and picks up a transmission broadcasted from a Bluetooth within its programmed range by the use of a Bluetooth proximity detector. Once the transmission has been picked up it activates its locking mechanism in the form of a solenoid causing its pin to shift and allows a slide placed in front of the trigger acting as a second trigger to move back and forth allowing the movement of the firearms trigger. The slide is moved back into its original position by the use of a spring. When the Bluetooth is out of the device's proximity detectors programmed range, the solenoid returns to its locked state stopping access to the trigger. Making the trigger locking device a beneficial reusable safety device.

US12405078 - Compact space saving gun silencer

A compact silencer (suppressor) device for a firearm including multiple chambers which trap the gases from a projectile exiting the barrel of a gun to slow down the gases and reduce the temperature, sound, and flash associated with the projectile. In one embodiment, the first chamber which attaches to the barrel of the firearm includes sound baffling materials or gas porting baffles which vent gases from the second chamber passing rearward. The second chamber includes a chamber which can accommodate a retractable third chamber of the device, the second and third chamber of the device can have sound baffles to slow down the gases from the projectile.

US12405079 - Rifle buttstock support

A buttstock support including a base plate having first and second ends; a first flexible sheet having first and second ends respectively fixedly attached to the base plate's first and second ends; a body of particulate material overlying the base plate and underlying the first flexible sheet; an air bag overlying the base plate and underlying the body of particulate material; and an air pump for injecting air into the air bag. The buttstock support includes a second flexible sheet overlying the airbag and underlying the body of particulate material. The buttstock support also includes a first pocket upwardly and downwardly bounded by the first and second flexible sheets. The buttstock support includes a second pocket, upwardly and downwardly bounded by the second flexible sheet and the base plate. The first pocket is opened by a particulate material port and the second pocket is opened by an air bag port.

US12405080 - Method and system for determining a preferred location for a peep sight on a compound bow

In a method and system for determining a preferred location for a peep sight on a compound bow, an eye height measurement is requested from or otherwise obtained from a user, and measurements of the compound bow are requested or retrieved. From such measurements, a preferred location for a peep sight can be determined.

US12405081 - Covers for non-lethal gun magazines

A cover for a non-lethal gun magazine is disclosed. The cover includes an external shell that has a top side, a bottom side, a wall that connects the top side and the bottom side, and an inner chamber. The cover includes a first opening located on the top side of the external shell, which is configured to receive a non-lethal gun magazine and the inner chamber is configured to fittingly hold the non-lethal gun magazine. The cover further includes a recessed area within the inner chamber that is configured to receive and hold a compressed gas cartridge. In addition, the cover includes a second opening within the wall that connects the top side and the bottom side, which is contiguous with the recessed area and is configured to enable manual contact with the compressed gas cartridge (when such compressed gas cartridge is held within the recessed area).

US12405082 - Thumb-actuated locking holster

A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun has a proximal wall portion with a handgun retention mechanism thereon. The mechanism having a first lever with a tab portion for actuation and release of a trigger guard, the lever having a snap fit into a lever region without a separate pin. A belt engaging member covers the lever region capturing the first lever therein. If a second retention mechanism is used, another lever with a tab portion is positioned so the tabs are stacked, depressing one also depresses the tab behind it, such that both mechanisms are released. Overmolded polymer layers in the holster body provides a softer interior handgun engagement surfaces. The holster body is split forwardly with a threaded fastener for clamping onto the handgun. No holster body is beneath or rearward of the tab portion, configured as a thumb button, allowing smooth transition to gripping the handgun.

US12405083 - Holster-mounting system

The holster mounting system is a load bearing structure. The holster mounting system includes a plurality of mounting structures, a plurality of securing structures, and a holster structure. The holster mounting system attaches the holster structure to a mounting surface. Any securing structure selected from the plurality of securing structures secures the holster structure to the plurality of mounting structures. Any securing structure selected from the plurality of securing structures transfers the load of the holster structure to the plurality of mounting structures. The plurality of mounting structures secures any securing structure selected from the plurality of securing structures to the mounting surface.

US12405084 - Sight installation and removal tool

A sight installation device, comprising a body having a notch which is capable of receiving a pistol slide with a sight receiving groove, the notch possessing a first and a second lateral sidewall, and an at least one horizontal brace abutment. The sight installation device's body also has at least one guide channel proximate the notch, in which a pusher bit is longitudinally slidable and configured so as to contact a sight element directly in line with the pistol slide's sight-receiving groove. The sight installation device also possesses a drive screw configured to engage an opening in the body proximate the guide channel, the drive screw engaging the opening and configured to engage the pusher bit.

US12405085 - Rear firearm sight slide elevator

A rear firearm sight slide elevator with a base member that is configured to surround part of a firearm barrel and has a first wing on one side and a second wing on another side of the front part of the base member, first and second fins that are parallel to each other and situated at least in part on top of the base member, and a smooth ramp that is situated on a central portion of the base member between the fins. The ramp increases in height from front to back and has a central channel that is configured to provide a sight path from the user to the front sight on the firearm. The inner wall of the first and/or second fin includes a plurality of vertically oriented ridges. The outer wall of at least one of the first and second fins displays a plurality of sight markings.

US12405086 - Adjustable reticles for sighting operations, and related methods, apparatus, and sight devices

The present disclosure relates to adjustable reticles for sighting operations, and related methods, apparatus, and sight devices. In one or more embodiments, a sight device includes an illuminator. The illuminator includes a first illuminator section operable to illuminate a first section of a reticle, and a second illuminator section operable to illuminate a second section of the reticle radially outwardly of the first section. An outer dimension of the first section is a first ratio of an inner dimension of the second section, and the first ratio is less than 1:3.

US12405087 - Secure remote operation of a weapons system

A system for securing two-way communications using a radio frequency wireless network between N weapons systems to be remotely operated, with N≥1, and a control station, includes: a remote-control station accommodating at least one operator, with a first field data bus to which a first controller is connected with at least a first transceiver system as a client; and N conventional weapons systems, each with a second field data bus and at least one client, the system including an additional client provided with a second transceiver system to be connected to each of the N weapons systems, permanently or removably, for operation in remote operation mode, the first controller with the first transceiver thereof receiving data from and/or sending commands to the client via the radio frequency wireless network.

US12405088 - Dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker for a forming warhead

A dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker is configured to provide an unobstructed path for a forming-warhead penetrator. A nod assembly includes first and second seekers separately offset from the roll axis whose FOV overlap within a stand-off range to a target. A roll gimbal rotates the dome and nod assembly around the roll axis. A nod gimbal rotates the nod assembly about a nod axis over a nod FOR that causes the seekers to cross the roll axis and obstruct a path along the roll axis. At terminal, the nod gimbal rotates the nod assembly to a nominal nod angle at which the path is unobstructed to detonate the forming warhead and project a penetrator along the path through the dome. This alleviates the need for a precursor charge and saves precious volume in the airframe, which is of particular import for small diameter warheads, in particular those having a diameter of no more than 8 inches.

US12405089 - Locating fastener for firearm optic

In various embodiments, an apparatus comprises a locating optic assembly mount arranged to receive an optic or a bracket on which the optic is installed, wherein the locating optic assembly mount includes: one or more locating fastener openings to receive one or more locating fasteners with threaded sections and non-threaded shoulders, wherein the non-threaded shoulders extend through the optic or bracket and below a surface located below the optic or bracket, each locating fastener opening including: a threaded hole to mate with the threaded section of the corresponding locating fastener; and a counter opening located above the threaded hole, wherein the counter opening is arranged to slip fit with the non-threaded shoulder of the corresponding locating fastener to align a center axis of the locating fastener with a center axis of the locating fastener openings. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

US12405090 - Composite telescopic sight and sight mount

A mount to be permanently bonded to an optical sighting apparatus. The mount includes a mount body having a first end portion and a second end portion with a central axis extending therebetween and formed of a first composite material and configured to be permanently bonded to the optical sighting apparatus. The mount further includes a rail receiver portion for receiving a mounting rail, wherein the rail receiver portion further includes: at least one flat portion forming a plane having a major axis perpendicular to the central axis; a first angled portion located on each end of a minor axis of the flat portion, the first angled portion being capable of receiving a respective angled portion of a receiver portion of the mounting rail; at least one second angled portion intersecting with at least one of the first angled portions; and a clamping portion with a threaded mechanism to clamp the rail receiver portion to the mounting rail.

US12405091 - Light-transmissive multispectral stealth device

A light-transmissive multispectral stealth device is disclosed. The light-transmissive multispectral stealth device includes a selective wavelength absorption pattern layer including conductive thin-film patterns, wherein each of the conductive thin-film patterns is made of a material capable of transmitting visible light therethrough and having electrical conductivity, wherein the conductive thin-film patterns are capable of inducing an electromagnetic resonance at a first wavelength and a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; a dielectric layer disposed under the selective wavelength absorption pattern layer and made of a dielectric material capable of transmitting the visible light therethrough, wherein the dielectric layer together with the selective wavelength absorption pattern layer induce the electromagnetic resonance; and a reflective layer disposed under the dielectric layer, wherein the reflective layer is made of a material capable of transmitting the visible light therethrough and reflecting at least a portion of an infrared ray therefrom.

US12405092 - Horn antenna and method for reconstructing a horn antenna

A horn antenna for emitting an electromagnetic HPEM microwave pulse along a central axis contains a microwave generator for the pulse having a waveguide along the central axis with a generator opening for the pulse, and a horn structure for shaping the pulse with an input opening and an emission opening for the pulse. The generator contains at least one HPEM source for the pulse. Each HPEM source contains at least two antennas for pulse components, disposed in succession in parallel with the central axis. The pulse is formed as a sum of the pulse components. A method for reconstructing a horn antenna to form the horn antenna with increased power, includes constructively increasing a number of antennas toward a respective HPEM source and orienting remaining antennas in a row relative to the first antenna, increasing the waveguide length, and keeping other dimensions of the horn antenna unchanged.

US12405093 - Box target

A firearm target is formed from a cardboard substrate. A first target is printed on the cardboard substrate. The cardboard substrate is folded into a box shape. The cardboard substrate is cut to form a first flap and a second flap on a first side of the cardboard substrate. The first flap and second flap include notches. The first flap and second flap are folded over with the notches interlocked. The flaps can be oriented to the bottom of the box shape and weighted for stability. A second target can be mounted to the box shape over the first target.

US12405094 - Dummy round

A dummy round includes a dummy round head and a dummy round case. The dummy round head is a polymer dummy round head. The dummy round case connected to the dummy round head. The dummy round case is a metal dummy round case. Since the dummy round is composed of the polymer dummy round head and the metal dummy round case, a polymer material has relatively low costs and is easy to process and shape. By properly combining the two different materials, the overall dummy round is formed. Compared with a traditional full-plastic or full-metal round, the dummy round has an overall weight closer to that of a real round, and the production costs are reduced.

US12405095 - Adjustable carrier device

A carrier device includes a body member having two parallel sections, terminal ends of which extend in a common direction. A bracket nested with the body member has two lateral side members extending in the common direction. Each side member has a terminal end and a loop proximate the end defining a hole. An interior is defined between the sections of the body member and between the side members of the bracket. A binding member engages the sections of the body member and passes through the respective hole of each side member defined by the loop. A retention member, for retaining a magazine when inserted into the carrier device, also passes through the respective holes. The binding member draws sections of the body member toward each other to maintain frictional engagement of an inserted magazine or other article with interior contact points of the carrier device.

US12405096 - Systems and methods for selectively disabling electrical and mechanical devices

Various types of structures, along with associated systems, are disclosed herein and configured for responding to an energy wave for changing a state of a mechanism to which said structures are operatively coupled. In at least one embodiment, the structure provides a material selectively changeable upon exposure to the energy wave to cause at least a portion of the material to mechanically degrade from a first state to a second state. When the material is in the first state, the material forms a mechanical or electrical link with the mechanism such that a force or an electrical current can be transmitted through the structure. When the material is in the second state, degradation of at least the portion of the material disrupts the mechanical or electrical link and inhibits transmission of the force or electrical current through the structure.

US12405097 - Shaped charge integrated canister

A charge canister for a perforation tool has a cylindrical body with an expansion portion extending along a radius of the cylindrical body, the expansion portion having a narrow portion at a first end of the expansion portion and a wide portion at a second end of the expansion portion opposite from the first end. An explosive material is disposed within the expansion portion in direct contact with an interior surface thereof.

US12405098 - Wireless detonator arrangement

A wireless detonator arrangement wherein an initiator is positioned between a power supply and a housing which contains an explosive and through which extends conductors which connect a signal processor to the power supply and to the initiator.

US12405458 - Open type fine-tuning sight

An open type fine-tuning sight, including a housing mainly provided with a straight portion and a lens mounting frame, and the housing includes an outer housing assembly and an inner housing assembly; the inner housing assembly is sleeved in an installation space of the outer housing assembly, and a front end of the inner housing assembly is connected to the front end of the outer housing assembly through a parallel connecting rod assembly; a vertical return spring sleeved on a connecting screw is arranged between the rear end of a base and the bottom surface of the straight portion, an elastic sheet is disposed between one side of a rear end of the base and one side of a rear end of the straight portion, which are cooperated with a fine-tuning mechanism to realize the adjustment of the pitch angle and the lateral angle of the inner shell assembly.

USD1091745 - Firearm receiver

USD1091746 - Gun slide

USD1091747 - Rifle forend

USD1091748 - End cap plug attachable to a firearm lower receiver

US12396452 - Mounting brackets and utility mount

A selectively adjustable and lockable utility mount is used to mount a device to a stable structure. The utility mount includes a hydraulic lock that applies the locking force that maintains the locked condition of the utility mount. Mounting brackets for utility mounts have spaced-apart mount elements that engage a surface of a stable structure. Some configurations of mounting bracket include mount elements that are movable between stored conditions and deployed conditions. The stored conditions reduce the size of the device to make it more convenient to pack. A climbing stick uses the storable mount elements.

US12398279 - Depth-independent blast-resistant thermally-insulating ballistically-protective and ergonomically-improved segmented diver suit

A segmented diving suit includes a base layer and a plurality of composite plates arranged on the base layer in a configuration designed to avoid joints or other anatomical features that bend. The composite plates include a spheres or microspheres dispersed/embedded in a carrier polymer. The spheres or microspheres provide one or more of thermal protection, sonic/blast resistance, and ballistic protection.

US12398627 - Downhole perforating gun tube and components

A gun tube for a downhole perforating gun assembly includes a body having a cavity and one or more weights in the cavity. Gravity acts on the weights, which causes the tube body to rotate around its longitudinal axis so the weights are adjacent the lower part of the wellbore in which the gun assembly is positioned when oriented horizontally. This position shape charges in the gun tube in a desired position prior to the shape charges being fired. The gun tube may also include one or more end connectors with electrical contacts having a first, extended position, and a second, contracted position, and/or end connectors that can be assembled by hand without the use of tools.

US12398704 - Thermally-enhanced and deployable structures

An apparatus includes a structure configured to receive thermal energy and to reject the thermal energy into an external environment. The structure includes a lid and a body. The structure also includes (i) multiple inline and interconnected thermomechanical regions and (ii) one or more oscillating heat pipes embedded in at least some of the thermomechanical regions. Different portions of at least one of the lid and the body form the thermomechanical regions. The one or more oscillating heat pipes are configured to transfer the thermal energy between different ones of the thermomechanical regions. At least one of the thermomechanical regions includes one or more shape-memory materials configured to cause a shape of the structure to change. Each of the one or more oscillating heat pipes includes at least one channel in the structure.

US12398966 - Backward compatible safety slide firing pin-striker system

A firearm system which allows firearm disassembly without trigger actuation. The system includes a slide having a divot or cavity disposed laterally off of the main channel. This divot allows for the pivoting of the striker sleeve such that the striker tang sear can move between a first position that is engaged with a corresponding trigger bar sear of a frame and a second position whereby the striker tang sear is disposed at least partially within the divot. This allows the striker tang sear to clear the trigger bar sear for disassembly without requiring a pull of the trigger.

US12398967 - Folding firearm

Folding firearms have a frame having a trigger assembly and a bolt passage, a barrel assembly pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an extended operable condition and a folded inoperable condition, the barrel assembly defining a barrel axis, a latch assembly operably connected to the frame and to the barrel assembly, the latch assembly including a latch operable between a first latched condition and a second unlatched condition, when the barrel assembly is in the operable condition and the latch is in the latched condition, the barrel assembly is secured in the operable condition, when the latch is in the unlatched condition, the barrel assembly is free to move away from the operable condition toward the folded condition, and the firearm being free of restraints on movement of the barrel assembly from the operable condition besides the latch, such that single-control release of the barrel assembly is provided.

US12398968 - Fault tolerant electromagnetic safety system for firearms

A fault tolerant electromagnetic safety system for firearms comprises an electromagnetic actuator with movable rotating member operably interfaced with the firing mechanism. The actuator is controlled via a programmable microcontroller coupled to an electric power source onboard the firearm. A safety actuatable by a user operably interfaces with the actuator and is manually movable between actuated and standby positions. In a blocking position, the actuator engages and prevents the firing mechanism from moving to prevent discharging the firearm. The safety when in the standby position is configured to prevent the actuator from disengaging the firing mechanism. Upon the detecting movement of safety to the actuated position, the microcontroller moves the actuator to a non-blocking position allowing discharge of the firearm via a trigger pull. The safety when moving to the standby position may be configured to mechanically reset the actuator to the blocking position in event of an electronics failure.

US12398969 - Handgun compensator

A recoil compensator for a handgun defines a through opening along a central axis, the through opening including a threaded portion configured to threadably engage the threads on the distal end portion of the barrel. The recoil compensator further defines a port in a top wall and defines fastener openings each configured to receive a taper pin. When the recoil compensator is installed on the barrel, the central axis is substantially coincident with the bore axis and the port is configured to vent a portion of propellant gases from the barrel upon firing the handgun. The threaded portion threadably engages the threads on the barrel with a distal end of the barrel positioned proximally of the port. Each taper pin is received in a respective fastener opening and engages a side of the barrel. A slide assembly and handgun including the compensator are also disclosed.

US12398970 - Adjustable firearm steady rest

An adjustable shooting steady rest configured to clamp to a wide variety of structures. The steady rest includes a chassis with one or more clamps opposing a clamping bracket. The user places the chassis over a structure such as a safety bar or windowsill. The user then tightens the clamp(s) to lock the chassis in place. The chassis includes a rod receiver. A rod is adjustably attached to the rod receiver. A firearm support is provided on the upper portion of the rod.

US12398971 - Low profile firearm wall mount

A low profile firearm wall mount providing convenient storage and retrieval of a firearm having a protruding lip around a perimeter of a magazine well of the firearm. The wall mount has a body with a slot formed therein, the slot further comprised a slot opening, and a back, floor, and front walls having at least one channel inscribed therein, the channel adapted to slidably receive the protruding lip accessible from the slot opening. In a method of use, when the slot opening is oriented upwards, the firearm is positioned above the mount. When the slot opening is oriented sideways left or right, the firearm horizontally engages or disengages the slot. By customizing the channel to a profile of the protruding lip, the wall mount is adapted to receive an AR 15 rifle, pistols, or any type of firearm with a magazine well and protruding lip.

US12398972 - Remote operated gun breech

A remote operated mechanism is provided for raising and lowering a seal in a gun loader breech via a transfer gear. The mechanism includes a servo motor, a pinion, a clutch and a worm gear. The servo motor axially rotates the pinion. The clutch controllably engages and disengages with the pinion. The worm gear couples the clutch to a shaft that engages the transfer gear. The clutch disengages the pinion from the motor in response to recoil from firing the gun. The worm gear includes a worm screw that axially turns with the pinion and a worm wheel that engages the worm screw to laterally spin a shaft connected to the transfer gear. The clutch includes a coupler for engaging the worm screw, a spur gear that connects the coupler to the pinion, and a spring that pushes the coupler to engage the worm screw prior to firing.

US12398973 - Hybrid riser for archery bow

In some embodiments, an archery bow riser comprises a body defining a first end, a second end and a grip portion. The body defines a shooting axis and comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a metal and the second portion comprises carbon fibers. The first portion extends to a first side of the shooting axis and to a second side of the shooting axis, and the second portion extends to the first side of the shooting axis and to the second side of the shooting axis.

US12398974 - Toy projectile shooter firing mode assembly and system

A toy projectile shooter that includes a housing defining a housing interior, a barrel, a trigger movable between a firing position and a non-firing position, a firing motor, a plunger sensor, a plunger disposed in the housing interior, and a shot firing mode system configured to activate the firing motor when the trigger is moved from the non-firing position to the firing position, move the plunger from a first plunger position to a second plunger position when the firing motor is activated, actuate the plunger sensor when the plunger is moved from the first plunger position to the second plunger position, bias the plunger from the second plunger position to the first plunger position after the plunger sensor is actuated, and deactivate the firing motor after the plunger sensor has been actuated a predetermined number of times.

US12398975 - Trigger assembly for air gun

A trigger assembly includes an actuator that moves along a longitudinal axis, a primary sear, a catch, a trigger, and a secondary sear. After releasing the actuator to fire the air gun, the actuator engages the primary sear, which cooperates with the secondary sear and the catch to facilitate automatic re-cocking of the air gun.

US12398976 - Rear sight and related assembly

A rear sight and related assembly are disclosed. The rear sight has a notch component coupled to a base portion. The notch component includes a notch forming a channel through the notch component, the channel having a channel direction. The base portion has a first flange having a first aperture and a second flange having a second aperture couple coupling with an optic mount. The assembly of the rear sight includes the rear sight coupled to the optic mount. The apertures of the rear sight are configured to concentrically align with mounting holes of the optic mount. The optic mount is configured to couple to a slide of a firearm.

US12398977 - System and method for zeroing of smart aiming device

A smart aiming device includes an image sensor, a processor, and an adjustable reticle. A method of zeroing the smart aiming device includes: activating a dedicated zeroing mode: shooting at least one bullet on a zeroing target while aiming the firearm on the target using the reticle to determine an expected point of impact of the bullet on the zeroing target: imaging the zeroing target with the image sensor: identifying a location of at least one bullet hole formed by the bullet on the target, and calculating a distance between each bullet hole and the expected point of impact; and adjusting a location of the reticle respective to the bore of the firearm based on the calculated at least one distance, to thereby indicate a zeroed point of impact on the target on which a subsequent bullet shot from the firearm is expected to impact.

US12398978 - Mobile munition assembly and apparatus, systems, and methods of executing a mission for the mobile munition assembly

A method of executing a mission for at least one mobile munition assembly in a mission environment is provided, the at least one mobile munition assembly having a container that encloses one or more launchers configured to receive and launch a munition. One or more electronic devices in communicatively coupling with one another in the mission environment form a secure network. A status of a situational awareness (SA) corresponding to each of the one or more electronic devices in the mission environment is transmitted. An input of parameters of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly is enabled, the parameters having one or more predefined rules associated therewith and configured to be applied to the parameters based on at least the status of the situational awareness (SA). An authorization or a denial of the mission for the at least one mobile munition assembly is requested.

US12398979 - Active shooter protection system utilizing a ballistic blanket and an integrated locking system

An Active Shooter Protection System (ASPS), comprising a variety of gravity-operated mechanisms for deploying one or more ballistic sheets, panels, or blankets of woven ultra-high-strength polymeric fiber (e.g., Kevlar™) directly in front of a door, such as in a school room. The deployment of a ballistic blanket is initiated by pulling down on a pull box, which activates a release that lowers down one or more segments of the ballistic blanket that is stored above a top of a door plate. The ASPS system includes means for securely locking the door shut (in addition to a dead bolt lock). The ballistic panels can include optional ceramic inserts for greater protection from high-power AR-15 rifles.

US12398980 - Ceramic armor with controlled pore size dispersion

Anti-ballistic armor element, comprising a ceramic body comprising a sintered material consisting of ceramic grains with a Vickers hardness of more than 5 GPa, the total pore volume of said material being between 0.5 and 10%, said ceramic body being characterized in that the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter of between 30 and 100 micrometers represents between 0.2 and 2.5% of the volume of said material, the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter of more than 100 micrometers is less than 0.2% of the volume of said material, the remainder of said total pore volume consisting of pores whose diameter is less than 30 micrometers.

US12398981 - Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same

A personal protective vest assembly is described herein. The personal protective vest assembly includes a personal protective vest and a body armor panel positioned within the personal protective vest. The body armor panel includes a ballistic material panel assembly that includes a plurality of layered material segments defined between a strike face and a wear face. Each of the layered material segments includes a different ballistic material.

US12398982 - Incoming threat protection system and method of using same

The present invention relates to threat protection, in particular a system and method providing active protection using at least one UAV, e.g., drone, to neutralize an incoming aerial or ground threat or diminish or prevent damage caused, directly or indirectly, from the incoming threat.

US12398983 - Applications of ultra-short pulse laser systems

Methods and systems for the generation of non-lethal and lethal effects using ultra-short pulse lasers. A laser source generates pulses at the direction of a controller and directs the pulses along an optical path to one or more high-speed beam steering devices, also directed by the controller, which then directs the laser pulses to achieve the desired effects. A computerized controller receives a specification of one or more desired effects for one or more targets and calculates a distribution of ultra-short laser pulses as well as the required characteristics for each of the pulses.

US12398984 - Dart game apparatus and dart game system providing event effect

Disclosed are a dart game apparatus and a dart game system outputting an event effect. The dart game apparatus may include: a dart target having a plurality of score areas; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target; a display unit providing a display area surrounding the dart target, provided in a body structure of the dart game apparatus, and outputting a variable screen; and a controller controlling the display unit at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target.

US12398985 - Firearm cartridge case

A firearm cartridge case includes a short action cartridge case comprising a cartridge case main body portion and a cartridge case neck portion that are interconnected by a frusto-conical shoulder portion to form a bottleneck shape, a length L 1 of the cartridge case between a base of a rebated rim and an interface between the cartridge case main body portion and the frusto-conical shoulder portion, a ratio of the length L 1 of the cartridge case and a length of a projectile receivable within the cartridge case neck portion is between 3.5-0.9.

US12398986 - Firearm projectile device

A firearm projectile device is provided. The device is comprised of a projectile body with a partially hollow area that allows air to travel through the projectile and reduces the projectile's coefficient of drag. Both ends of the device are preferably pointed to further reduce the coefficient of drag of the device. In addition, the second end attaches to a fitted gas block that seals the projectile from a propellant within the casing of the device.

US12398987 - Method for ascertaining position information for an effector, effector, computing unit and weapons system

A method for ascertaining position information for an effector after launching from a launcher of a weapons system including the effector and at least one weapons system unit different from the effector, includes receiving a time synchronization signal at the effector in such a way that the effector and the at least one weapons system unit are temporally synchronized at the latest when the effector is launched. The effector furthermore receives position data of the at least one weapons system unit and a timestamp with unique assignment to the position data through a wireless communication connection after the effector has been launched. Position information is ascertained based on the timestamp, the effector's own time upon receipt of the timestamp, and the position data assigned uniquely to the timestamp. An effector, a computing unit and a weapons system are also provided.

US12398988 - Bullet seating die

A bullet seating die for use with an ammunition press to seat a bullet in a case includes a die housing having an ammunition press mount for mounting the bullet seating die on the ammunition press. The die housing defines a bullet receiving space having an open end and a side window in communication with the bullet receiving space. The side window sized and shaped to permit the bullet to be inserted therethrough to position the bullet in the bullet receiving space. A seating stem is supported by the die housing. The seating stem is arranged to engage the bullet to press the bullet into the case when the ammunition press is operated. A spring biases the seating stem away from the open end of the bullet receiving space to permit the bullet to be inserted through the side window and into the bullet receiving space.

US12398989 - Ammunition reloading device

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