F41A 17/72
Trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into
Official title: trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into inoperative position during the firing
F41A17/72 (Trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a firing-pin safety into) appears on 114 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 137
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Firearm operating system2 Jun 2026US 12,644,661 B2
- Firearm trigger with safety blade25 Nov 2025US 12,480,728 B2Tyrant Designs CNC, LLC
- Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same16 Sep 2025US 12,416,462 B2Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Firearm operating system4 Mar 2025US 12,241,703 B2
- Trigger group for striker-fired firearms28 Jan 2025US 12,209,827 B2Franklin Armory Holdings, Inc.
- Firearm trigger with safety blade26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055982 A1Tyrant Designs CNC, LLC
- Electromechanical trigger and methods of operating a gun using the same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389506 A1Biofire Technologies Inc.
- Firearm operating system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189250 A1
- Methods and apparatus for optical adapter for firearm slide5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180333 A1Langdon Tactical Technology Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for optical adapter for firearm slide9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012548 A1Langdon Skunkworx, Inc.
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
- Semi-automatic safety handgun63US 5,157,209 A1992
- Pistol mechanism for blocking firing pin57US 4,575,963 ASturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. · 1986
- Additional safety device for sear mechanism for firearms57US 7,213,359 B2Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A. · 2007