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US 11,913,740 B2Granted
Firing pin lock
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorsLucas Paul Gagne, Aaron C. Sakash, Bryan Charles Dustin
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Abstract
A firing pin lock for firearms is provided. The firing pin lock is a single piece of resilient metal that includes a pocket for receiving the head of the firing pin to prevent inadvertent discharge of the firearm. The firing pin lock can be mounted laterally in the bolt carrier group and is deflected outwardly by the action of the hammer.
Claims16
A firearm comprising:
- a bolt carrier group including a bolt carrier and a firing pin;
- and
- a firing pin lock comprising a leaf spring, the leaf spring defining a pocket, the pocket configured and arranged to engage a head of the firing pin when an end of the leaf spring is in compression against the firing pin.
A firing pin lock comprising:
- a flexible leaf spring in mechanical communication with a firing pin, the leaf spring flexible in a horizontal axis wherein a proximal end of the leaf spring has a non-planar curved profile and the amount of curvature is greater than two thicknesses of the leaf spring material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.