Weapon housing system for an automatic loading firearm
AssigneeHeckler & Koch GmbH
InventorsJohannes Murello, Wilhelm Fischbach
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Abstract
A lightweight weapon housing system is disclosed for a self-loading firearm. The weapon housing includes an outer and an inner housing. A wall structure in the weapon housing reinforces the magazine chamber and transmits the transverse forces arising in the magazine into an inner housing, which suffers any resulting deformation and which can be exchanged in a simple manner should deformation result.
Claims21
For use with a self-loading weapon, a housing system comprising:
- a weapon housing having at least one wall at least partially encompassing a magazine chamber;
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- an inner housing located at least partially within the at least one wall, the inner housing at least partially encompassing at least a portion of the magazine chamber.
For use with a self-loading firearm having a magazine, a housing system comprising:
- an inner housing defining a magazine chamber;
- and
- an outer housing surrounding the inner housing such that forces originating at the magazine are transferred from the outer housing to the inner housing.
A method of constructing a self-loading firearm comprising the steps of:
- providing an inner housing defining a magazine chamber;
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- positioning the inner housing within a weapon housing of the self-loading firearm such that at least one force experienced by the weapon housing is transferred to the inner housing and so that damage from the at least one force occurs to the inner housing and not to the weapon housing.
A weapon housing comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an inner housing, wherein the inner housing defines a magazine chamber, and the inner housing and the outer housing are nested.
A weapon housing comprising:
- an outer housing having a rear end defining an opening;
- an inner housing defining a magazine chamber and sized to be inserted into the outer housing via the opening.
A weapon housing comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an inner housing, wherein the inner housing is adapted to receive a trigger mechanism and a magazine cartridge.
For use with a self-loading firearm, a housing system comprising:
- a magazine;
- an inner housing defining a magazine chamber;
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- an outer housing having an opening for receiving at least a portion of the magazine, the outer housing being dimensioned to removably receiving the inner housing, wherein when the inner housing is removed, the magazine cannot be secured in the opening of the outer housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.