F41A 25/00
Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery
Official title: Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery, e.g. gun cradles; Barrel buffers or brakes (recoilless guns F41A1/08)
F41A25/00 (Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery) appears on 323 US grants and 169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 169
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 446
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 8 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 11 | 8 |
| 2012 | 19 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 7 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6 |
| 2021 | 16 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Active firearm recoil reduction system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,090 B2
- Mobile gun system30 Jun 2026US 12,669,305 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Recoil assembly for a machine gun26 May 2026US 12,638,261 B2Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Recoil system24 Feb 2026US 12,560,402 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Self-propelled gun system11 Nov 2025US 12,467,710 B1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Active Firearm Recoil Reduction System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309448 A1
- Recoil assembly for a machine gun24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287295 A1Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Recoil management system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235378 A1Really Right Stuff, LLC
- Artillery weapon9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194324 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- One-piece guide rod11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160509 A1Wilson's Gun Shop, Inc
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic pistol with counteracting spring control mechanism157US 4,539,889 A1985
- Automatic pistol102US 4,825,744 A1989
- Automatic pistol71US 4,893,546 A1990
- Recoil absorbing device and method55US 5,758,447 A1998
- Method and apparatus for accelerating the cyclic firing rate of a semi-automatic firearm55US 6,101,918 A2000