F41A 9/79
For belted ammunition
Official title: for belted ammunition
F41A9/79 (For belted ammunition) appears on 101 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41A- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 155
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Manually assisted belt fed machine gun drum assembly28 Jul 2026US 12,693,086 B2
- Belt-fed rotary gun2 Sep 2025US 12,405,075 B2Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc.
- Storage and loading system for large caliber ammunition27 May 2025US 12,313,368 B2Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.
- Weapon system ammunition canister lid7 Jan 2025US 12,188,751 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Ammunition carrier assembly and system for a machine gun10 Sep 2024US 12,085,354 B2Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Belt-Fed Rotary Gun18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383171 A1Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc.
- Storage and loading system for large caliber ammunition21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264286 A1Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.
- Manually assisted belt fed machine gun drum assembly22 May 2025US 2025/0164201 A1
- Storage and loading system for large caliber ammunition12 Sep 2024US 2024/0302120 A1Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.
- Belt-Fed Rotary Gun8 Aug 2024US 2024/0263900 A1Tippmann Industrial Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machine gun62US 4,066,000 ABrunswick Corporation · 1978
- Ammunition pouch26US 6,799,500 B12004
- Aircraft support plank mounting of 30 mm machine guns24US 5,767,436 A1998
- Aircraft support plank mounted 30 MM machine gun22US 6,176,169 B12001
- Chuting assembly for ammunition magazine feed21US 5,782,157 AEsco Electronics Corporation · 1998