F41A 9/09
Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays
Official title: Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines {(locking of ammunition in ammunition containers or loading trays F42B39/22)}
F41A9/09 (Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays) appears on 229 US grants and 94 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 229
- Published applications
- 94
- Assignees
- 94
- Inventors
- 342
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Feeding mechanism and method for toy projectile launcher25 Aug 2026US 12,716,671 B2Easebon Services Limited
- Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon19 May 2026US 12,631,413 B2BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
- Assembly for positioning and keeping in position a projectile in a stretcher and loading-aid device comprising such an assembly24 Feb 2026US 12,560,393 B2Knds France
- Ammunition feed5 Aug 2025US 12,379,172 B2Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic gun loading system1 Apr 2025US 12,264,891 B2Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Feeding mechanism and method for toy projectile launcher17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276331 A1Easebon Services Limited
- Article loading system21 May 2026US 2026/0138836 A1Bharat Forge Limited
- Arrow magazine loading device16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321072 A1
- Assembly for positioning and keeping in position a projectile in a stretcher and loading-aid device comprising such an assembly7 Aug 2025US 2025/0251205 A1Knds France
- Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237449 A1BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
Most cited
By later US patents
- Auto-loading firearm mechanisms and methods56US 7,137,217 B2Knight's Armament Company · 2006
- Air operated projectile firing apparatus53US 3,951,038 AVictor Comptometer Corporation · 1976
- Firearm with cartridge pick-and-place mechanism45US 8,061,255 B12011
- Tubular magazine firearm with sheet metal receiver44US 9,534,861 B1Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc. · 2017
- Semiautomatic pocket gun and ammunition43US 6,234,058 B12001