B25C 1/188
Arrangements at the forward end of the barrel
Official title: {Arrangements at the forward end of the barrel, e.g. splinter guards, spall minimisers, safety arrangements, silencers, bolt retainers}
B25C1/188 (Arrangements at the forward end of the barrel) appears on 158 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25C- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 119
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 301
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fastener driving tool including a nosepiece assembly and a nose positioner21 Apr 2026US 12,605,816 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Nail gun and methods for sequentially driving nails into a substrate or a structure11 Nov 2025US 12,466,042 B2Buildz, LLC
- Driving-in device28 Oct 2025US 12,454,042 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Apparatus for installing explosively driven fasteners14 Oct 2025US 12,440,951 B2Nitroset, LLC
- Device for nailing cast in place anchors30 Sep 2025US 12,427,635 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Nail gun and methods for sequentially driving nails into a substrate or a structure5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061581 A1Buildz, LLC
- Fastener driving tool including a nosepiece assembly and a nose positioner4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367801 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- A fastener element, a tool and a fastener system for fastening boards to a frame structure13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347306 A1AB Essve Produkter
- Electric driving tool24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236001 A1Makita Corporation
- Apparatus for installing fasteners and explosive loads for use therewith19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198444 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Powder-actuated fastener-driving device having sound-absorbing function167US 8,960,517 B22015
- Combustion-powered tool assembly160US 5,197,646 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1993
- Workpiece-contacting probe for fastener-driving tool for fastening lath to substrate74US 5,484,094 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1996
- Feed system for nailer62US 6,672,498 B2Stanley Fastening Sytems LP · 2004
- Guide for fastener driving tool52US 4,821,937 ADuo-Fast Corporation · 1989