F41A 19/06
Mechanical firing mechanisms
Official title: Mechanical firing mechanisms, {e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms}(F41A19/01 - F41A19/05, F41A19/59 take precedence)
F41A19/06 (Mechanical firing mechanisms) appears on 1,805 US grants and 1,321 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 1,805
- Published applications
- 1,321
- Assignees
- 551
- Inventors
- 1,891
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 4 |
| 2002 | 25 | 6 |
| 2003 | 19 | 14 |
| 2004 | 19 | 13 |
| 2005 | 12 | 31 |
| 2006 | 18 | 36 |
| 2007 | 23 | 17 |
| 2008 | 19 | 11 |
| 2009 | 18 | 29 |
| 2010 | 19 | 37 |
| 2011 | 33 | 44 |
| 2012 | 44 | 45 |
| 2013 | 41 | 32 |
| 2014 | 45 | 52 |
| 2015 | 82 | 68 |
| 2016 | 49 | 83 |
| 2017 | 94 | 105 |
| 2018 | 100 | 86 |
| 2019 | 105 | 81 |
| 2020 | 93 | 103 |
| 2021 | 84 | 85 |
| 2022 | 74 | 75 |
| 2023 | 78 | 89 |
| 2024 | 101 | 68 |
| 2025 | 67 | 60 |
| 2026 | 39 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41A 19/10Triggers560
- F41A 19/42Having at least one hammer454
- F41A 19/25Having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins450
- F41A 19/12Sears283
- F41A 19/14Hammers, i.e. pivotably-mounted striker elements197
- F41A 19/16Adjustable firing mechanisms196
- F41A 19/13Percussion or firing pins, i.e. fixed or slidably-mounted striker elements139
- F41A 19/15Modular firing mechanism units121
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- F41A 19/18For multibarrel guns or multiple guns113
- F41A 19/11Trigger guards101
- F41A 19/09Auxiliary trigger devices76
- F41A 19/08Remote actuated54
- F41A 19/24Release-trigger mechanisms, i.e. the striker element being released during the return movement39
- F41A 19/17Hair-trigger mechanisms34
- F41A 19/07Press-button actuated11
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.
- Rifle tripod support assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,926 B2
- Simulated trigger assemblies29 Sep 2026US 12,747,927 B2
- Modular handgun22 Sep 2026US 12,742,605 B2ZEV Technologies, Inc.
- Automatic shooting device of toy gun15 Sep 2026US 12,736,300 B2Guay Guay Trading Co., Ltd.
- Linear trigger bolt action firearm8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309444 A1Polaris Capital Corporation
- Trigger assembly for a firearm8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309445 A1Franklin Armory Holdings, Inc.
- Trigger housing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298571 A1HS Produkt D.O.O.
- Quick-disassembly and quick-assembly toy gun and shooting module thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287290 A1Vega Force International Corp.
- Multi-shot disrupter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287301 A1Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Semi-automatic firing compressed gas gun184US 5,280,778 A1994
- Automatic pistol with counteracting spring control mechanism157US 4,539,889 A1985
- Gas operated firearm150US 5,827,992 AColt's Manufacturing Company Inc. · 1998
- Gas operated firearm138US 5,726,377 AColt's Manufacturing Company Inc. · 1998
- Less-lethal munition and mechanical firing device124US 9,879,954 B2Snake River Machine, Inc. · 2018