Mechanical buffer for shouldered weapon
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsRonny Alzamora, John Heinsohn, Brian Donovan, Kevin Russell, Adam Foltz
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Abstract
A weapon includes a receiver having a bolt carrier assembly therein; a buttstock disposed behind the receiver, the buttstock having a tubular opening adjacent an end of the bolt carrier assembly; a larger diameter spring disposed in the tubular opening; a smaller diameter spring disposed in the larger diameter spring; a rod disposed in the rear end of the smaller diameter spring; a bumper attached to the rod; and a cap disposed in the front end of the spring, the cap having a head wherein a front side of the head engages the end of the bolt carrier assembly and a front end of the larger diameter spring bears against a rear side of the head.
Claims7
A weapon, comprising:
- a receiver having a bolt carrier assembly therein;
- a buttstock disposed behind the receiver, the buttstock having a tubular opening adjacent an end of the bolt carrier assembly;
- a larger diameter spring disposed in the tubular opening;
- a smaller diameter spring disposed in the larger diameter spring;
- a rod disposed in the rear end of the smaller diameter spring;
- a bumper attached to the rod;
- and
- a cap disposed in the front end of the springs, the cap having a head wherein a front side of the head engages the end of the bolt carrier assembly and a front end of the larger diameter spring bears against a rear side of the head, the rod not extending into the cap.
In a weapon having a receiver with a bolt carrier assembly therein;
- a buttstock disposed behind the receiver, the buttstock having a tubular opening adjacent an end of the bolt carrier assembly;
- and a buffer spring disposed in the tubular opening, a supplemental buffer assembly, comprising:
- a second buffer spring disposed in the buffer spring;
- a rod disposed in the rear end of the second buffer spring;
- a bumper attached to the rod;
- and
- a cap disposed in the front end of the springs, the cap having a head wherein a front side of the head engages the end of the bolt carrier assembly and a front end of the buffer spring bears against a rear side of the head, the rod not extending into the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.