F41A 9/29
Feeding of belted ammunition
F41A9/29 (Feeding of belted ammunition) appears on 177 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 10 |
| 2013 | 11 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- High performance launcher of short projectiles with storage belt29 Sep 2026US 12,747,929 B2Easebon Services Limited
- Firearm receiver systems offering a fixed barrel arrangement and pressure relief capability25 Aug 2026US 12,716,668 B1Ares Defense Systems, Inc.
- Manually assisted belt fed machine gun drum assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,693,086 B2
- Caliber and feed-side convertible firearm14 Jul 2026US 12,680,771 B1Ares Defense Systems, Inc.
- Recoil assembly for a machine gun26 May 2026US 12,638,261 B2Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Modular rimfire handgun23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210649 A1Savage Arms, Inc.
- Multiple-barrel firearm and method of use26 Jun 2025US 2025/0207882 A1TMP Weapons, LLC
- Manually assisted belt fed machine gun drum assembly22 May 2025US 2025/0164201 A1
- High performance launcher of short projectiles with storage belt8 May 2025US 2025/0146784 A1Easebon Services Limited
- Select fire trigger mechanism for machine guns24 Apr 2025US 2025/0130003 A1CHD Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular lightweight squad automatic weapon system108US 3,999,461 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1976
- Sear buffer72US 4,416,186 AChartered Industries of Singapore Private Limited · 1983
- Receiver for firearm72US 7,428,795 B22008
- Machine gun62US 4,066,000 ABrunswick Corporation · 1978
- Automatic firearm having anti-bounce sear56US 3,960,053 AMaremont Corporation · 1976