F41A 9/04
Using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition
Official title: using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition
F41A9/04 (Using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition) appears on 72 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 111
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon21 Apr 2026US 12,607,427 B2BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
- Installation provided with linkless ammunition loading system29 Apr 2025US 12,287,169 B2Leonardo S.P.A.
- Automated projectile loader and a method of loading projectiles for a vehicle7 Jan 2025US 12,188,739 B2Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation (Drdo)
- Feeding device, in particular ammunition feed of a cannon, having a plurality of containers for receiving one object each, in particular a military active body24 Dec 2024US 12,173,980 B2Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Compact ammunition conveyor twister3 Dec 2024US 12,158,320 B2Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.
- Magazine for an artillery installation, provided with a guide structure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287287 A1
- Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon14 Nov 2024US 2024/0377151 A1BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
- Installation provided with linkless ammunition loading system22 Aug 2024US 2024/0280338 A1Leonardo S.P.A.
- Feeding device, in particular ammunition feed of a cannon, having a plurality of containers for receiving one object each, in particular a military active body27 Jun 2024US 2024/0210134 A1Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon28 Mar 2024US 2024/0102756 A1BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conveyor mechanism30US 3,983,990 AGeneral Electric Company · 1976
- Cartridge feed mechanism25US 4,765,223 AHeckler & Koch GmbH · 1988
- Cradle or bucket chain for infeeding cartridges to an automatic firing weapon25US 4,841,837 AWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AG · 1989
- Extensible ammunition conveyor22US 5,074,402 AGeneral Electric Company · 1991
- Weapon system equipped with reloading container16US 4,092,900 AWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buhrle AG · 1978