F41A 19/58
Electric firing mechanisms
Official title: Electric firing mechanisms (F41A17/10, F41A17/12 take precedence)
F41A19/58 (Electric firing mechanisms) appears on 564 US grants and 360 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 564
- Published applications
- 360
- Assignees
- 209
- Inventors
- 861
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 30 | 18 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025 | 22 | 15 |
| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F41A 19/69Electric contacts or switches peculiar thereto130
- F41A 19/59Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released119
- F41A 19/64For automatic or burst-firing mode99
- F41A 19/63Having means for contactless transmission of electric energy55
- F41A 19/60Characterised by the means for generating electric energy48
- F41A 19/68For multibarrel guns or multibarrel rocket launchers or multicanisters47
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