F41A 9/22
In a horizontal direction
Official title: in a horizontal direction (F41A9/23 takes precedence)
F41A9/22 (In a horizontal direction) appears on 21 US grants and 15 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 21
- Published applications
- 15
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 48
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Propellant portioning device comprising an expandable holding element12 Sep 2023US 11,754,354 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
- Propellant portioning device comprising an expandable holding element16 Jun 2022US 2022/0187039 A1Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apportioning apparatus for loading a loading tray with a variable number of propelling charge modules13US 5,111,730 ARheinmetall GmbH · 1992
- Apparatus and method for dispensing incendiary projectiles9US 8,776,693 B2Donmark Holdings Inc. · 2014
- Munition-supply system for an armored vehicle weapon8US 4,438,677 AKrauss-Maffei Aktiengesellschaft · 1984
- Loading pendulum7US 3,988,962 AAB Bofors · 1976
- Loading device for a tubular weapon6US 4,833,969 ARheinmetall GmbH · 1989