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US 12,392,574 B2Granted
Recoil management system for a gun
AssigneeEight Holdings LLC
InventorTeodor Puha
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for extending a recoil impulse of a gun. The system elongates the recoil impulse to spread the recoil energy over time and reduce felt (i.e., peak) recoil force. Although the system adds weight to a gun, the system reduces felt recoil beyond what is possible by simply adding weight to a gun by using an inertial weight on a spring to absorb and release energy. To prevent shaking, the inertial weight system is tuned to a gun so that the inertial weight hits a pair of stops at certain points in the gun's discharge action cycle.
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A recoil management system for a gun, said system comprising:
- an inertial weight stop configured to attach to a barrel of the gun, said barrel extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, and said inertial weight stop configured to extend radially outward from the barrel;
- a barrel stop configured to attach to the barrel and extend radially outward from the barrel, the barrel stop configured to halt rearward longitudinal movement of the barrel;
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- an inertial weight configured to surround a portion of the barrel between the inertial weight stop and the barrel stop, the inertial weight configured to move relative to the barrel so as to contact the barrel stop and transfer absorbed energy from the inertial weight to the barrel stop.
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A gun, comprising:
- a barrel extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis;
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- a recoil management system, comprising:
- an inertial weight stop connected to the barrel;
- a barrel stop connected to the barrel and extending radially outward from the barrel, the barrel stop configured to halt rearward longitudinal movement of the barrel;
- a weight spring connected to the inertial weight stop;
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- an inertial weight connected to the weight spring and surrounding a portion of the barrel between the inertial weight stop and the barrel stop, the inertial weight configured to move via the weight spring and contact the barrel stop so as to transfer absorbed energy from the inertial weight to the barrel stop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.