F41A 9/20
Sliding
Official title: sliding, e.g. reciprocating
F41A9/20 (Sliding) appears on 84 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 146
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Compact gas-operated autoloading firearm mechanism27 Aug 2024US 12,072,162 B1
- Projectile lift7 May 2024US 11,976,897 B2Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
- 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
- A compact gas-operated autoloading firearm mechanism5 Sep 2024US 2024/0295372 A1
- Ammunition feed4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219133 A1Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic gun loading system4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219137 A1Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
- Projectile lift2 Nov 2023US 2023/0349652 A1Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
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
- Stowage and retrieval system41US 6,842,665 B22005
- Compressed gas weapon34US 5,565,642 AMayer & Grammelspacher DIANAWERK · 1996