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US 12,092,417 B2Granted
Automatic rifle and receiver for same
AssigneeSpuhr I Dalby AB
InventorHakan Spuhr
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Abstract
An automatic rifle (10) includes a receiver (12), a bolt assembly (110), a trigger mechanism (106), a buttstock assembly (100), a barrel assembly (104), and a grip assembly (102). The receiver (12) is characterized by being a unitary body that houses the bolt assembly (110) and the trigger mechanism (106), and the receiver (12) is configured for the connection thereto of the buttstock assembly (100), the barrel assembly (104), and the grip assembly (102).
Claims17
An automatic rifle, comprising:
- a receiver;
- a bolt assembly including a bolt carrier;
- a trigger mechanism releasably connected to the receiver;
- a buttstock assembly;
- a barrel assembly;
- and
- a grip assembly;
- wherein the receiver houses the bolt assembly and the trigger mechanism;
- and
- wherein the receiver is a unitary body configured to cover the bolt assembly from above so that the bolt assembly is inaccessible from above the receiver;
- and
- wherein the buttstock assembly, the barrel assembly, and the grip assembly are connected to the receiver;
- and
- wherein the receiver includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of opposed side walls defining a magazine well having a magazine opening;
- and
- wherein the trigger mechanism comprises:
- a trigger;
- a hammer operationally connected to the trigger;
- a housing supporting the trigger and the hammer;
- and
- wherein the receiver has a trigger housing seat in which the housing is positioned;
- and
- wherein the trigger housing seat has a lower seat opening through which the housing can be slidably removed in a downward motion.
20 more elements
An automatic rifle comprising:
- a receiver;
- a bolt assembly including a bolt carrier;
- a trigger mechanism;
- a buttstock assembly;
- a barrel assembly;
- and
- a grip assembly;
- wherein the receiver houses the bolt assembly and the trigger mechanism;
- and
- wherein the receiver is a unitary body configured to cover the bolt assembly from above so that the bolt assembly is inaccessible from above the receiver;
- wherein the buttstock assembly, the barrel assembly, and the grip assembly are connected to the receiver;
- wherein the receiver includes a front wall, a rear wall, a rear opening through which the bolt assembly is slidably removable in a backward motion, and a pair of opposed side walls defining a magazine well having a magazine opening;
- and
- wherein the buttstock assembly comprises:
- a buffer;
- an action spring;
- a buffer tube that houses the buffer and the action spring, the buffer tube being configured to receive a rear portion of the bolt carrier during a cycling of the bolt assembly;
- and
- a buttstock adapter attached to the buffer tube and to the receiver at the rear opening of the receiver, the buttstock adapter including a bolt carrier opening through which the rear portion of the bolt carrier passes and enters the buffer tube during the cycling of the bolt assembly, wherein the buttstock adapter is configured to prevent the bolt assembly from being removed through the rear opening.
16 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.