F41A 17/64
Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers
Official title: Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence)
F41A17/64 (Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers) appears on 244 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
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| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Safing sector and method of use14 Jul 2026US 12,680,774 B2TMP Weapons, LLC
- Firearm operating system2 Jun 2026US 12,644,661 B2
- Firearm10 Feb 2026US 12,546,550 B2
- Firearm trigger with safety blade25 Nov 2025US 12,480,728 B2Tyrant Designs CNC, LLC
- Smart-gun artificial intelligence systems and methods11 Nov 2025US 12,467,704 B2
- Firing Pin Block16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202156 A1Smith & Wesson Corp.
- Firearm trigger with safety blade26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055982 A1Tyrant Designs CNC, LLC
- Smart-gun artificial intelligence systems and methods12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043628 A1
- Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389506 A1Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Concealable pistol21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264287 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fire control mechanism for semiautomatic pistols94US 5,386,659 ASmith & Wesson Corp. · 1995
- Semiautomatic handgun having multiple safeties92US 6,718,680 B22004
- Firing lock with safety system for self loading fire arms74US 4,589,327 A1986
- Semi-automatic safety handgun63US 5,157,209 A1992
- Trigger assembly for a firearm60US 5,050,480 AKniarmco Inc. · 1991