Cam slot for firearm
AssigneeWHG Properties, LLC
InventorsFrank Robinson, William Geissele
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided herein are bolt carriers, firearms, and related methods, devices, and assemblies. A bolt carrier for a firearm of an example embodiment includes a cam slot configured to receive a cam pin of a bolt, the cam slot defining a cam path along which the cam pin is configured to travel, the cam path comprising a locked dwell, an unlocked dwell, and a transition section disposed between the locked dwell and the unlocked dwell, wherein the locked dwell defines a portion parallel to a first axis of the bolt carrier that is greater than 0.070 inches long.
Claims15
A bolt for a firearm, the bolt comprising:
- an elongate body, a muzzle end of the elongate body defining one or more bolt lugs;
- and
- a cam pin operably coupled to and extending from the bolt,
- wherein the cam pin is disposed on the bolt at a position farther from the one or more bolt lugs than a standard cam pin and bolt configuration of a Technical Data Package (TDP) corresponding to a type of the firearm.
A bolt carrier group for a firearm, the bolt carrier group comprising:
- a bolt carrier defining an interior;
- and
- a bolt defining one or more bolt lugs,
- wherein at least a portion of the bolt is disposed in the interior of the bolt carrier to permit the bolt to translate along and rotate about a first axis of the bolt carrier,
- wherein a cam pin is operably coupled to and extends from the bolt, and
- wherein the cam pin is disposed on the bolt at a position farther from the one or more bolt lugs than a standard cam pin and bolt configuration of a Technical Data Package (TDP) corresponding to a type of the firearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.