F41A 17/06
Electric or electromechanical safeties
Official title: Electric or electromechanical safeties (F41A17/04, F41A17/08 take precedence)
F41A17/06 (Electric or electromechanical safeties) appears on 770 US grants and 811 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 770
- Published applications
- 811
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 1,054
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 5 |
| 2002 | 29 | 18 |
| 2003 | 10 | 12 |
| 2004 | 16 | 13 |
| 2005 | 9 | 12 |
| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
| 2007 | 9 | 20 |
| 2008 | 7 | 25 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 |
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| 2017 | 43 | 63 |
| 2018 | 33 | 50 |
| 2019 | 48 | 61 |
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| 2021 | 39 | 49 |
| 2022 | 49 | 55 |
| 2023 | 41 | 54 |
| 2024 | 57 | 56 |
| 2025 | 51 | 31 |
| 2026 | 22 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Weapon usage monitoring system having real-time performance metrics feedback based on discharge event detection29 Sep 2026US 12,747,922 B2Armaments Research Company, Inc.
- Conducted electrical weapon cartridge cover and shorting bar15 Sep 2026US 12,736,312 B2Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Techniques for determining a grip layout to improve gun ergonomics25 Aug 2026US 12,716,685 B1Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Firearm locking device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,242 B2
- Sear assembly for weapons11 Aug 2026US 12,704,339 B2Rade TecnologíAS, S.L.
- Firearm System that Tracks Points of Aim of a Firearm24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287307 A1
- Lockable gun mount17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275772 A1
- Tracking and monitoring resource usage by subjects20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245000 A1LifeLens Technologies, LLC
- Article of clothing with video recording device support6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230576 A1Utility Associates, Inc.
- Safe Shooting Communication System for Preventing Inadvertent Shots16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202155 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for modular electronic weaponry1,435US 7,778,004 B2TASER International, Inc. · 2010
- Devices using tactile feedback to deliver silent status information1,220US 8,739,033 B2Immersion Corporation · 2014
- Location-based firearm discharge prevention913US 6,415,542 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2002
- Personal weapon system166US 5,303,495 A1994
- Intelligent weapon162US 6,823,621 B22004