Firearms and Ammunition Patent Grants

US12540783 - Bolt head of a breech block and breech block with such a bolt head

A bolt head of a breech block includes a base element, a breech face arranged on the front of the base element, and a bezel enclosing the breech face in an annular fashion. The bezel is formed by several bezel parts detachably fastened to the base element.

US12540784 - Break-barrel firearm with mechanical extraction assembly

A firearm comprising at least one frame defining a housing seat of a barrel group; and a barrel group comprising at least one barrel with longitudinal development axis (A), the barrel group being mounted in a tilting manner with respect to the frame between a position in which the barrel group engages the housing seat and a position in which the barrel group is rotated with respect thereto. The barrel group comprises at least one extractor device associated with the barrel and configured to at least partially expel at least a portion of an ammunition from the at least one barrel. The extractor device is configured to selectively operate in a first mode in which it integrally ejects a casing of an exploded ammunition and in a second mode in which it accompanies part of an unexploded ammunition in partial exited from the at least one barrel.

US12540785 - Systems and methods for restricting a firearm to less lethal shooting

A system for restricting a firearm to less lethal shooting includes an image sensor, at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to cause the performance of the following steps: processing images to detect potential targets within a scene; locking onto and tracking at least one of the potential targets; defining a safety line relative to the scene; defining one or more aiming regions on the at least one locked-on target below the safety line; and controlling discharge of the firearm, so as to permit discharge of the firearm when a projectile discharged from the firearm will impact the scene or the target at one of the defined aiming regions, and to prevent discharge of the firearm when a projectile discharged from the firearm will impact the scene or target outside one of the aiming regions.

US12540786 - Modular AR-type safety selector with lever mounting pins

A safety selector lever assembly may include a selector core comprising an elongated section having a curved and at least one angled face, a first and second extension positioned on opposing ends of the selector core, each comprising an extension aperture, and wherein the elongated section is positioned between the first and the second extensions, a plurality of levers, each comprising: a proximal and distal end, a recess for receiving one of the first and the second extension, a pin aperture, a pin, wherein at least a portion of the pin can pass through the first pin aperture and the extension aperture, and wherein rotation of the levers to a first position enables firing of the firearm and rotation to a second position precludes firing of the firearm.

US12540787 - Method of blank firing

A method of firing a firearm includes providing a blank firing adapter plus bullet trap attached to the end of a barrel of the firearm, the blank firing adapter plus bullet trap including a bore aligned with a longitudinal axis of the barrel; providing a magazine that limits loading of up to two live rounds; and arranging for a blast from a cartridge in the firearm to eject a shell casing from the cartridge and automatically operate the firearm to insert a new cartridge from the magazine into a chamber of the firearm.

US12540788 - Simulation deployment unit for a conducted electrical weapon

A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may comprise a handle and a deployment unit. A CEW may be adapted for use in a simulation system comprising a simulator and a display. A simulation deployment unit may be used with a handle to adapt the CEW for use in the simulation system. The simulation deployment unit may be configured to detect motion data corresponding with at least one of a change in position, a change in orientation, and an initial orientation of the CEW. The simulation deployment unit may be configured to pass the motion data to the handle so the motion data may be transmitted to a simulator via a communication circuit of the handle. The simulation deployment unit may require power from the handle to operate, and the handle may require motion data provided by the simulation deployment unit so that the CEW may be used in the simulation system.

US12540789 - Firearm receiver cover and closure assembly

A firearm receiver cover and closure assembly that allows the cover to be moved between respective open and closed positions relative to an underlying receiver. The closure assembly includes a latch that defines a latch button that cooperates with a latch button opening formed in the cover. Cooperation of the latch with the receiver and the cooperation of the latch button with the latch opening formed in the cover provide fixed and repeatable vertical and lateral positioning of the cover relative to the underlying receiver, without adjustment or operation of a centering mechanism or structure, during each closing of the cover relative to the underlying receiver.

US12540790 - Adjustable finger support for archery release

An adjustable finger support for an archery release includes a handle portion having a longitudinal axis, top and bottom portions and interior and exterior side surfaces. A finger bed is pivotally connected with the handle portion for movement about a pivot axis at the top of the finger bed parallel to the longitudinal axis. Preferably, the finger bed is arranged in a recess in the handle portion exterior side surface for pivotal movement therein relative to the handle portion. The bottom portion of the finger bed is spaced from the handle portion at an angle desired by the archer and locked into place. Angular adjustment provides an optimal fit for the archer and better positions a head portion of the archery release toward a target.

US12540791 - Method of making a gun holster

A method of making a holster for a gun includes selecting a starting polymer material, a starting leather material, and a gun model; preparing a first side of the polymer material by creating texture on the first side; adhering the polymer material and the leather material together to create a combined material; cutting the combined material into a specific shape as determined by the gun model and a desired holster model; stitching around a perimeter of the cut combined material with a pre-selected thread to render a stitched combined material; heating up the stitched combined material to above a predetermined temperature; forming the stitched combined material to a specific shape associated with the gun model and the holster model; and allowing the stitched combined material to cool into the specific shape associated with the gun model and the holster model to render the holster.

US12540792 - Stabilized end cap for common launch tube

A stabilized end cap for covering one end of a common launch tube on a military aircraft is disclosed. The stabilized end cap includes a central body having a portion with a disk-shape configuration. In some cases, the stabilized end cap has a peripheral extension that extends radially outward from the periphery of the central body, and the peripheral extension is provided with an aerodynamic configuration. In other cases, the stabilized end cap has at least one aerodynamic extension extending longitudinally outward from the outside surface of the central body.

US12540793 - Imaging enabler for a viewing optic

The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic with an active display and an enabler interface. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system comprising a viewing optic with an active display and an imaging device.

US12540794 - Automated vision-based orientation measurement system and method of use

A calibration assembly for a guided vehicle. The calibration assembly includes an orientation marker that operably engages with a first guidance apparatus of the guided vehicle. The calibration assembly also includes an imaging assembly that operably engages with and is in electrical communication with a second guidance apparatus of the guided vehicle. When the imaging assembly captures the orientation marker at a translated position for at least one cycle, the imaging assembly calibrates a rotational displacement between a first guidance direction of the first guidance apparatus and a second guidance direction of the second guidance apparatus based on an angular displacement of the orientation marker measured between a zeroed position denoting the first guidance direction and the translated position.

US12540795 - Modular scope mounting system with serrated interfaces for mounting components

Firearms and accessories are disclosed herein. The firearm can carry a scope mounting assembly configured to couple to a firearm and includes serrated interfaces configured to engage a complementary serrated interface of a component such that the component is rotationally and translationally fixed to the scope mounting assembly. The interlocked serrated interface maintains positional relationships between the component and another component, such as a scope, and/or the firearm.

US12540796 - Lever based clamping device

A lever-based clamping device.

US12540797 - Covering device providing visual and thermal masking characteristics

The invention is a covering device that acts as both a visual camouflage and as a thermal blocker to cover people and equipment (e.g., vehicles). Specifically, the covering device effectively reduces and/or prevents thermal, infrared, and visual detection of any subject (e.g., person or equipment) positioned under the device. The covering device includes a unique arrangement of apertures that has been surprisingly shown to reduce and diffuse both the heat and visual signature of the subject.

US12540798 - Vehicle armor materials and systems

Embodiments of the present systems and apparatus may provide vehicle armor materials and systems that generate electricity from impact and blast energy. For example, in an embodiment, a protective apparatus may comprise a layer of armor and a layer comprising a plurality of electrical generating devices abutting the layer of armor and configured so that energy applied to the layer of armor is transferred to the plurality of electrical generating devices causing the plurality of electrical generating device to generate electrical energy.

US12540799 - Lightweight ballistic glasses

Lightweight ballistic glasses are provided that provide effective protection from ballistic attack while also being lightweight enough for use in armored vehicles and aircraft. In addition to other embodiments, a multilayered lightweight ballistic glass is provided that meets the CEN 1063 Level BR7 standard while having a weight of no greater than about 155 kilograms per square meter (kg/m 2 ), and a total thickness of less than about 75 mm.

US12540800 - Systems and methods for providing a deployable perimeter security apparatus

Embodiments of the disclosure can provide systems and methods for providing a deployable perimeter security apparatus. The apparatus can include a frame with a box-shape, including a first opposing side and a second opposing side; an anchor device operable to extend from a third side of the frame; a first intermediate panel operable to telescope from the first opposing side of the frame; a second intermediate panel operable to telescope from the second opposing side of the frame; one or more telescoping panels, each operable to telescope from a leading side of at least one intermediate panel; one or more lead folding panels, each operable to mount to a leading side of at least one telescoping panel; and one or more extension folding panels, each operable to mount to either an extended side of at least one lead folding panel or an extended side of another extension folding panel.

US12540801 - Defensive spray apparatus and related methods

A defensive spray apparatus includes a casing, a canister comprising an inner chamber received at least partially within the casing, and a watch device with at least one wrist band coupled to the watch device. The casing includes at least one nozzle to spray the defensive fluid, at least one canister release button with a ledge to secure canister within the casing, at least one trigger on either side of the casing, and a communication subsystem connecting the apparatus to the watch device.

US12540802 - Laser weapon system

A laser weapon system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe subsystems of a laser weapon system including those necessary for laser generation, operational control, optical emission, and heat dissipation configured to provide a lightweight unit of reduced dimensions.

US12540803 - Tactical high power microwave antenna pedestal

An antenna system comprises a reflector subsystem, a rotatable support structure and a support member. The reflector subsystem receives an input beam and reflects the input beam to produce an output beam steered in elevation by an elevation reflector and in azimuth by an azimuth reflector, towards a target. The rotatable support structure is operably coupled to the azimuth reflector and to the elevation reflector and is configured to rotate them simultaneously. The support member comprises a lengthwise portion coupled to the rotatable support structure and an offset portion coupled to the elevation reflector, the offset portion configured to offset the elevation reflector from the lengthwise portion. The offset portion is configured to enable clearance of the elevation reflector during beam steering of the output beam to extreme ends of a range of motion of the elevation reflector.

US12540804 - Drag reduction fin deployment mechanism

A projectile having a body that includes a nose, a tail opposite to the nose, a chamber defined between the tail and the nose, and a longitudinal axis defined between the nose and the tail. The projectile also includes a payload stored in the chamber of the body, and a propulsion system equipped with the body. The projectile also includes a fin assembly operably engaged with the body between the nose and the tail and is positioned outside of the chamber, wherein a fin of the fin assembly is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the fin is stowed completely between the nose and the tail. In the deployed position, a portion of the fin extends away from the nose or from the tail.

US12540805 - Reverse-saboted sidearm systems, and related sidearms, ammunition, and methods

A representative reverse-saboted sidearm system includes: a sidearm having a barrel assembly with an inner wall defining a longitudinally extending bore; and a round of reverse-saboted ammunition having a non-necked casing, a reverse sabot, and a projectile, the reverse sabot mounted at a discharge end of the casing with a distal end of the reverse sabot extending outwardly from the casing, the reverse sabot exhibiting a diameter corresponding to a diameter of the casing and defining a receiving passage aligned with a longitudinal centerline of the casing, the projectile being at least partially disposed within the receiving passage of the reverse sabot; the inner wall of the barrel assembly being configured to engage an exterior surface of the projectile to direct the projectile.

US12540806 - .45-70 shotshell and method for making

A .45-70 shotshell is made using a .45-70 shotshell base and a .410 shotshell hull. The hull is received and retained in the shotshell base. The shotshell base may be formed from a .45-70 rifle cartridge.

US12533577 - Handgun simulation assembly with mating cradle for virtual reality controller

A handgun simulation assembly that mates a virtual reality (VR) controller having a trigger finger button with a handgun grip and trigger in order to better simulate the feel of a typical handgun for a VR environment. The handgun simulation assembly includes a handgun body with a mating cradle that is designed to receive and hold a VR controller. The mating cradle has an engaged position where the VR controller is affixed to the handgun body and an unengaged position where the VR controller is released. When the mating cradle is in the engaged position, the VR controller can be oriented such that the trigger finger button is positioned downward, and the control pad is positioned rearward and facing the user. The mating cradle allows various subassemblies to access the buttons on the VR controller to provide a more realistic handgun experience when in a VR environment.

US12534200 - Suppression for a countermeasure dispensing system

A suppression kit of a countermeasure system and methods of use thereof. The suppression kit includes a breaching expendable that is adapted to be stored inside of a magazine of the countermeasure system. The suppression kit also includes a cover that operably engages with the breaching expendable. The cover is configured to one of suppress electromagnetic signals from penetrating into a dispenser of the countermeasure system, prevent optical or visual view of contents within the countermeasure system, and suppress environmental impacts from entering into the countermeasure system. The breaching expendable is configured to eject the cover from the dispenser prior to ejection of at least one countermeasure expendable of a set of countermeasure expendables.

US12535279 - Turlakov's rifle N 9 (cossack carbine)

The invention relates to hand firearm and is aimed at improving the ergonomics of firearm with a bullpup layout. The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that the bolt of the firearm has an extension of the bolt handle, which makes it possible to position the bolt handle near the trigger, thereby facilitating the process of reloading the firearm.

US12535280 - Small firearms and method of operating small firearms

A small firearm includes: a receiver; a barrel including a barrel bore axis; an action including a bolt head; and a guide surface, the receiver being configured for (i) at least indirectly receiving the barrel including a locking mechanism area, a chamber, a guide area, and a muzzle arranged successively in the longitudinal direction, and (ii) at least indirectly receiving the action movably arranged within the receiver along the longitudinal direction from an open position to a closed position, the guide surface, which is within a locking space, being configured such that at least one of (i) an entry of a cartridge case under an influence of a torque during a movement of the action from a closed position to an open position is limited due to an interaction of an ejector and an extractor and (ii) an exit of the cartridge case is favored.

US12535281 - Polymer firearm receiver

A receiver blank includes a receiver body with a magazine well and an insert. The insert is located internal to the receiver body, and the insert is manufactured before the receiver body. The insert must be removed from the receiver body to convert the receiver blank to a firearm receiver.

US12535282 - Bolt stop actuator for use in a firearm

A bolt stop actuator is disclosed. The actuator may include a lift arm, a first leg extending from a point proximate to an end of the lift bar and generally perpendicular therefrom, a second leg extending in the same direction from the lift bar as the first leg, and a projection extending from the lift bar and configured to contact a follower of an empty magazine when the bolt stop actuator is assembled into a firearm. Neither the first leg, nor the second leg, include apertures positioned distal to the lift arm.

US12535283 - Determination of round count by hall switch encoding

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the sensors generating round count data based on a position of the one or more magnets relative to the <N magnetic-field-sensing sensors, and a first substantially flat antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second substantially flat antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second substantially flat antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first substantially flat antenna.

US12535284 - Linear trigger bolt action firearm

Disclosed is a linear trigger mechanism for a firearm. In certain examples, the trigger mechanism includes a trigger housing having a linear trigger pathway and a removeable side plate. The trigger mechanism also includes a trigger that is at least partially disposed between the trigger housing and the removeable side plate, where the trigger is configured to move between a first position and a second position along a path that is defined by the trigger pathway, and where the trigger includes an angled sear engagement surface. The trigger mechanism also includes a sear that is at least partially disposed between the trigger housing and the removeable side plate and is configured to pivot with respect to the trigger housing, where the sear includes an angled trigger engagement surface that corresponds with the angled sear engagement surface.

US12535285 - End cap muzzle control

A firearm accessory and an end cap useful with the firearm assembly. The firearm assembly handles exhaust gas expelled with a round fired from a firearm and includes a fitting, a sleeve, a fluid pressure dissipation structure, and an end cap assembly located at a distal end of the fluid dissipation structure. The sleeve defines an internal volume that at least partially receives the fluid dissipation structure. The end cap assembly and the fluid dissipation structure at least partially define one or more distal chambers in communication with the internal volume. The end cap assembly defines an angled port.

US12535286 - Archery bow with pass through cabling

In some embodiments, a crossbow comprises a first rotatable member comprising a first pass-through aperture and a second rotatable member comprising a second pass-through aperture. A first power cable comprises a first pass-through segment and a second power cable comprises a second pass-through segment. The first pass-through segment is oriented in the first pass-through aperture and the second pass-through segment is oriented in the second pass-through aperture. In some embodiments, the cables attach to a stock. In some embodiments, the cables attach to a prod.

US12535287 - Crossbow having a pivotal bow assembly

A crossbow having a crossbow frame and a bow assembly. The bow riser of the bow assembly having a launch deck surface and a bore below the launch deck surface. The crossbow frame having a launch deck surface and a coupling rod below the launch deck surface. The coupling rod is sized to cooperate with the bore, and the coupling rod is axial to and concentric with the bore. The bow riser is axially coupled to the crossbow frame by the coupling rod, the bow assembly has a first position for shooting a projectile and a second position for storage or transportation. Any suitable device may be used to lock the angular orientation between the bow assembly and the crossbow frame, such as pins, plungers, springs, detents and the like in the first and second positions.

US12535288 - Pistol pivoting brace assembly

A firearm attachment member includes a firearm mounting structure which includes a receiver support shelf for supporting thereon a receiver of a firearm. The firearm attachment member includes left and right halves, arranged for securing the firearm between the left and right halves, each of the left and right halves extending along a longitudinal axis corresponding to a longitudinal firing axis of the firearm. One of the left and right halves pivots in azimuth with respect to the longitudinal axis about a firearm attachment member pivot located rearward of the firearm mounting structure. Each of the left and right halves includes a forward fastening flange configured to be mounted below the receiver and in front of the trigger guard of the firearm. The forward fastening flanges are fastened together with a fastener.

US12535289 - Firearm handguard attachment

A firearm is provided that comprises a barrel, a magazine tube below the barrel, and a handguard with first and second portions. A clamp between the handguard portions has a main body with deformable lugs and a fastener. The handguard's first portion features an arcuate surface for the barrel and a bore for the magazine tube. The lugs move inward and downward, securing the handguard. The clamp is positioned within a recess between the handguard portions. Fasteners are accessible through apertures in the handguard. The clamp contacts both the magazine tube and the barrel when tightened. The clamp includes a main body and deformable lugs, with a fastener to secure the handguard. The lugs are deformable, made of various materials, and designed to bend upon tightening. The method involves positioning and tightening the clamp to deform the lugs and secure the handguard.

US12535290 - Holster facilitating master grip

A polymer holster has an index finger slot on a distal wall portion of the holster for allowing a user to grip a handgun therein with a master grip before withdrawing the handgun therefrom. A thumb actuated release may be positioned on a proximal wall portion of the holster.

US12535291 - Trigger shroud assembly, small arms apparatus, and method

A trigger shroud assembly ( 14 ) for a small arms weapon ( 12 ) is disclosed. The trigger shroud assembly ( 14 ) may include a rail mount ( 22 ), an accessory body ( 28 ) slidably connected to the rail mount, a spring guide ( 24 ) disposed between the rail mount and the accessory body, a resilient member ( 26 ) arranged about the spring guide, and a starboard side trigger shroud ( 32 ) and a port side trigger shroud ( 34 ) connected to the accessory body. A belt clip ( 36 ) may be disposed on one of the starboard side trigger shroud or the port side trigger shroud. The trigger shroud assembly ( 14 ) may include a closed configuration ( 17 ) and an open configuration ( 27 ). The trigger shroud assembly ( 14 ) may include a tactical accessory ( 47 ) such as a flashlight. The trigger shroud assembly ( 14 ) may be secured to a handgun for inside the waistband carry and to deter inadvertent handgun discharge.

US12535292 - Systems and methods of handgun and holster safety and security

A method for securely maintaining a handgun in a holster is provided. The method comprises a secure handgun holster receiving, at a circuit board within the holster, contact from a lever within the holster, the contact resulting from pushing action of the lever; The method also comprises the holster waking up the circuit board based on the received contact. The method also comprises the holster verifying, via an authorized user detection process executed at least by the circuit board, that a provider of the push action is an authorized user of a handgun presently held by the holster. The method also comprises the holster activating, based on the verification, an unlocking process. The method also comprises the holster releasing the handgun based on completion of the unlocking process.

US12535293 - Apparatus for carrying concealed weapons

An apparatus for supporting a concealed weapon on a waist of a user includes a first fastener, a second fastener, and a tongue support. The first fastener is configured to attach to a waistband which is configured to extend about the waist of the user. The second fastener is configured to attach to the waistband. The support tongue is configured to extend between the first fastener and the second fastener and attach to the waistband via the first and second fasteners. The support tongue is configured to receive and support a mount for the concealed weapon. When the support tongue is in an upright position, the support tongue is resiliently flexible in a horizontal direction and substantially rigid in a vertical direction.

US12535294 - Printing prevention systems

A printing prevention system that utilizes a contact pad connected to a concealment wing for enhancing the concealment and use of a firearm in a holster. In one implementation, the apparatus comprises a body member of a concealment wing attachable to a holster and a removable contact pad attached to the body member. The contact pad comprises a waistband contact surface to leverage the pressure from the user's waistband to draw the grip of a firearm closer to the user's body and an angled ramp surface to assist positioning of the holster within a waistband or belt. The position of the contact pad may be adjustable relative to the body member so that the contact pad can stay in contact with the user's belt with a variety of different placements of the belt clip on the holster.

US12535295 - Firearms with an ambidextrous slide stop and/or relief

The application pertains to 1911 style firearms. In some embodiments, the firearm frame comprises a relief to capture debris. In some embodiments, the firearm has an ambidextrous slide stop.

US12535296 - Light source structure, sighting device thereof, and shooting device thereof

The present disclosure relates to the illuminant structure technical field. Disclosed are a light source structure, a sighting device and a shooting device, wherein the sight light source structure is used for the sighting device. The light source structure includes a substrate, a light-emitting chip arranged on the substrate, a bonding wire configured for electrically connecting the substrate and the light-emitting chip, and light-absorbing glue coated on the bonding wire. By improving the structure of the light source structure, specifically, by not covering the light-transmitting protective layer on the light-emitting chip, the light-transmitting protective layer is effectively prevented from reflecting light, so that the aiming point formed by the light at the light-emitting place is gathered, and the edge of the aiming point has no stray reflected light so that the wheel library at the edge of the aiming point is clear.

US12535297 - Protective cover for an optical sight

A protective cover for an optical sight of a firearm, with at least one transparent end wall section for protecting either a proximal opening or a distal opening of the optical sight is disclosed. In order to provide a backup sight, it is proposed for the transparent end wall section to have a permanently displayed optical reticle or a part of this reticle.

US12535298 - Weapon accessory mount

A weapon accessory mount for removably mounting an accessory on a weapon. The weapon accessory mount includes an accessory rail supported by a base with a weapon attachment interface that engages the weapon. The weapon attachment interface includes an alignment pin that interfaces a portion of the weapon and a retaining pin that couples to an additional portion of the weapon. The accessory rail utilizes mounting grooves to interchangeably couple weapon accessories to the weapon accessory mount. Furthermore, accessory interference locators are located within some of the mounting grooves to define weapon-accessory-specific locations along the accessory rail, in which a weapon accessory should not be mounted to. Additionally, the weapon accessory mount is configured for mounting non-boresight aligned optics to a weapon and locating the non-boresight aligned optic in relation to the weapon to use in tracking a target.

US12535299 - Explosive-actuated personal armor with integrated multimodal sensor system and deployable protective hood for deflecting projectiles and protecting the wearer

A body armor vest system including a wearable vest, a power source, a processor, at least one explosive charge, a multimodal sensor system and an inflatable protective hood, the power source, the processor and the explosive charge positioned on the wearable vest, the inflatable protective hood positioned on an upper portion of the wearable vest, the multimodal sensor system detecting the incoming projectile, the processor determining if the incoming projectile is a credible threat and deploying the inflatable protective hood and detonating the explosive charge if the detected incoming projectile is determined to be a credible threat.

US12535300 - Compact rifle protection ballistic shield

A rollable armor panel, and a rollable ballistic shield that includes the rollable armor panel is described. The rollable armor panel includes an adhesive-coated first ballistic fabric, a plurality of ballistic tiles arranged on and attached to one side of the first ballistic fabric, and a lattice arrangement of adhesive-coated ballistic fabric attached to the ballistic tiles and located opposite to the one side, the lattice having openings over the ballistic tiles, the armor panel being flexible enough to permit rolling of the armor panel into a rolled state. In order to facilitate rolling, the fabric lattice on the rear side of the imbricated array of wrapped ceramic tiles permits lifting of one side of a tile relative to another along the rolling direction. Further, the fabric-encapsulated wrapped imbricated ceramic is attached to a ballistic fabric backer in such a way that layers can slide over each other during rolling and unrolling. Attachment points of the various components of the armor are designed to return those components into alignment when the shield is deployed flat from its rolled state.

US12535301 - Active protection against beam-riding guided munition

The presently disclosed subject matter includes an active protection system and a method, dedicated for detecting, locating, and incapacitating beam-riding missiles and in that way protecting an asset from being targeted by the missile. According to some examples following receipt of a threat-indication, the active protection system estimates a location of a beam used for directing a threat (e.g., ATGM) to the target and launches an aerial platform that flies in the opposite direction along the beam until it meets and incapacitates the incoming threat.

US12535302 - Intelligently-automated defensive threat coordinator

A method for reducing a detect-to-respond timeline. The method includes evaluating a threat status of at least one object, prioritizing, based on the threat status, each object, optimizing at least one potential response to each object, recommending at least one optimized response, and executing a response selected from the optimized responses.

US12535303 - Detecting fluid ingress in a conducted electrical weapon

A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may be subject to one or more environmental factors during operation. The environmental factors may impact normal functionality of the CEW. The CEW may detect an electrical property associated with a component of the CEW. The CEW may retrieve a lockout parameter associated with the component. The CEW may compare the electrical property to the lockout parameter. The CEW may determine a lockout condition based on the comparing. The CEW may perform the lockout condition on the CEW.

US12535304 - Multiple shaped charge jet (SCJ) warhead

In a MSCJ warhead detonation of the main charge is controlled to provide elevated pressure at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner to cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of SCJs. An initiation system is configured for multi-point initiation of a plurality of booster charges to detonate the main charge to produce a plurality of detonation waves that constructively interfere at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner to form pressure hot spots that cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of SCJs. In different embodiments, the elevated pressures are between 110% and 200% of the detonation pressure at the front of an individual detonation wave. The liner may, for example, include a plurality of recesses such as shallow dimples or deeper conical structures in which case the boosters are aligned to the center of the recessed structures.

US12535305 - Pyrotechnic mounting device

An assembly for mounting pyrotechnic devices includes a framework and a mounting bar secured to the framework and pivotable on a shoulder bolt secured in the framework. The mounting bar has a tube slot therein. At least one tube is securable in the tube slot, where the at least one tube is configured to support the pyrotechnic devices in the framework. The mounting bar is selectively lockable in a pivot position.

US12535306 - Polymer cartridge with snapfit metal insert

A high strength polymer-based cartridge has a polymer case with a mouth, a neck, a shoulder below the neck, and a body below the shoulder and having a case thickness (Tc). The body has a flat portion comprising a pull thickness (Tp), and a dip, closer to the shoulder than the flat portion and comprising a dip thickness (Tb). The cartridge can also include an insert attached to the polymer case opposite the shoulder. The insert can have a flat section contacting the flat portion and comprising an insert wall thickness (Ti), and a bulge engaging the dip to maintain the insert on the polymer case. Tc, Tp, Tb, and Ti are related by Tp+Tb+Ti=Tc. These variables also have ranges where Tp is at least 0.010 inches in thickness, Tb is greater than or equal to Tp, and Tc is a function of a loaded projectile.

US12535307 - Firearm barrel

A firearm barrel has an elongated body defining a bore and defining a bore axis, the body defining a breech end and an opposed muzzle end, a chamber defined in the breech end and contiguous with the bore; the bore having an interior surface having a plurality of alternating lands and grooves, the grooves being surfaces separated from the bore axis by first radius, the lands being surfaces separated from the bore axis by second radius less than the first radius and the lands and grooves being straight elements parallel to the bore axis, such that no spin is imparted to a projectile propelled down the bore. The lands and grooves may extend from the chamber to the muzzle end. The bore may have a constant cross-sectional profile along its length.

US12535308 - Recovery system for high performance large bore projectiles

A ballistic projectile recovery system includes a forward opening in an ogive of the projectile, selectively opened to deploy a portion of the recovery system. A parachute is deployable through the opening, connected to the projectile by riser line(s). A rotational bearing assembly makes the riser line(s) rotationally decoupled from the projectile. A bidirectional drag inducing element extends externally of an ogive of the projectile. A spacer, between a setback plate and the rotational bearing assembly, is deformable in at least the longitudinal direction of the projectile. The setback plate is movable between a first position to a second position made available by the compression of the spacer. In the second position, the setback plate is in contact with the projectile, providing a load path that avoids the rotational bearing assembly to take up strain applied to the projectile in at least the longitudinal direction.

US12535565 - Method and device for visualizing impacts of laser pulses on a target

A method for visualising impacts of laser pulses emitted by a laser designator, according to a predetermined repetition interval (PRI), onto a target present in a scene, by means of a device including: an optronic sensor of the silicone-based CMOS type having a predetermined number of rows associated with a rolling shutter-type readout circuit. Each row of the sensor is exposed for an exposure time and read during a reading time so that the exposure time is no less than the reading time but no more than the product of the reading time and the number of rows. A transition between the rows exposed to a signal and the rows not exposed to said signal is detected in at least two images in order to infer the PRI.

US12536347 - Helical patterning on a curved surface for additive manufacturing of a fragmentation device

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