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US 12,693,090 B2Granted
Active firearm recoil reduction system
AssigneesJamie McWilliam, Charles McWilliam
InventorsJamie George McWilliam, Charles Edmond McWilliam, Sr.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an active system configured to apply an active force to a portion of a firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator, to reduce the perceived recoil of the firearm. The active system includes an actuation element capable of generating an active force, and systems for powering and selectively operating the actuation element.
Claims17
An active system for reducing a perceived recoil of a firearm, the active system comprising:
- an actuation element, wherein the actuation element is configured to apply an active force onto a portion of the firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator, wherein the active force is configured to oppose a recoil force caused by operation of the firearm, and wherein the actuation element is configured to cause the portion of the firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator to retract;
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- a gas tube, wherein the gas tube is configured to transfer fluid pressure from a barrel of the firearm to the actuation element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.