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  4. /F41A · Functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance
  5. /F41A 9/00 · Feeding or loading of ammunition
  6. /F41A 9/38 · Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position
  7. /F41A 9/39 · Ramming arrangements
  8. /F41A 9/42 · Rammers separate from breech-block
  9. /F41A 9/44
F41A 9/44

Fluid-operated piston rammers

F41A9/44 (Fluid-operated piston rammers) appears on 5 US grants and 4 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. FMechanical engineering
  2. F41Weapons
  3. F41AFunctional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance
  4. F41A 9/00Feeding or loading of ammunition
  5. F41A 9/38Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position
  6. F41A 9/39Ramming arrangements
  7. F41A 9/42Rammers separate from breech-block
  8. F41A 9/44Fluid-operated piston rammers
Granted patents
5
Published applications
4
Assignees
5
Inventors
13
Latest grant
23 Mar 2021

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
F41A 9/44: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
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1993200320132021

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Short round lightweight automatic weapon23 Mar 2021US 10,955,206 B2Capco, LLC
  • Munition handling apparatus22 Jan 2013US 8,356,538 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
  • Projectile ramming device28 Feb 2006US 7,004,058 B2Giat Industries
  • Rammer for an artillery piece3 Sep 2002US 6,443,045 B1Kraus-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
  • Rammer13 Apr 1993US 5,202,531 ASwedish Ordnance-FFV/Bofors AB
  • Short round lightweight automatic weapon17 Sep 2020US 2020/0292261 A1Capco, LLC
  • Munition handling apparatus21 Jul 2011US 2011/0174142 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
  • Lightweight rammer11 Sep 2008US 2008/0216640 A1
  • Device for driving back projectiles22 Jul 2004US 2004/0139848 A1Giat Industries

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Rammer for an artillery piece2US 6,443,045 B1Kraus-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG · 2002
  • Short round lightweight automatic weapon1US 10,955,206 B2Capco, LLC · 2021

Top assignees

Documents
  • BAE SYSTEMS plc2
  • CCapco, LLC2
  • GIGiat Industries2
  • KMKraus-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG1
  • SOSwedish Ordnance-FFV/Bofors AB1

Often classified with

  • F42BExplosive charges4

Documents that also carry the other class.

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