Firearm receiver assembly
AssigneeLWRC International LLC
InventorJesus S. Gomez
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Abstract
An upper receiver assembly for a firearm having an upper receiver with an integral barrel nut, a handguard assembly and a barrel nut assembly with a barrel and lock nut is provided. The barrel is received by the upper receiver and is secured directly to the upper receiver using the lock nut. The upper receiver also includes an integral handguard mounting member to which the handguard assembly may be directly attached. The upper receiver assembly allows the user to attach both the barrel and handguard assemblies directly to the upper receiver, independently of one another.
Claims18
An upper receiver assembly for use with a firearm having a gas operating system, the upper receiver assembly comprising:
- a barrel assembly having a barrel, an annular flange about a back end of said barrel and a lock nut encircling a portion of the barrel;
- an upper receiver including a front end having a substantially cylindrical receiver extension extending therefrom, a forward end of said receiver extension having a substantially cylindrical opening with a threaded interior into which the back end of said barrel assembly is received, said front end having a bearing surface against which said annular flange of the barrel assembly rests, said threaded interior constructed to cooperate with threads on an outer surface of said lock nut so that said locknut, when threadedly secured inside the receiver extension, mounts said barrel assembly directly to said receiver extension of said upper receiver;
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- wherein said receiver extension is substantially shaped like an elongated cylinder with its top portion removed.
An upper receiver assembly for use with a gas operated firearm having a gas operating system, the upper receiver assembly comprising:
- a barrel having an annular flange about its back end;
- a lock nut fitted around a portion of said barrel;
- an upper receiver having a receiver extension on a forward end thereof and an interior circular channel wherein a portion of said barrel is received, said receiver extension being threaded about its interior and machined to be larger in diameter than said annular flange of said barrel and to threadedly receive said lock nut, a forward end of said interior circular channel having a bearing surface against which said annular flange of said barrel rests when the barrel and upper receiver are threadedly coupled with one another and secured by the lock nut;
- a handguard assembly including a top segment and a bottom segment, said bottom segment having a rearward end machined to receive and be secured to the receiver extension, said top segment being removably coupled to said bottom segment and restrained from movement by said bottom segment;
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- wherein said receiver extension is substantially shaped like an elongated cylinder with a top portion removed.
An automatic firearm comprising:
- a buttstock and pistol grip;
- a lower receiver assembly;
- a barrel assembly having a barrel, an annular flange about a back end of said barrel and a lock nut encircling a portion of the barrel;
- a gas operating system;
- an upper receiver assembly, said upper receiver assembly including,
- an upper receiver with a receiver extension on a forward end thereof and an interior circular channel wherein a portion of said barrel is received, said receiver extension being threaded about its interior and machined to be larger in diameter than said annular flange of said barrel and to threadedly receive said lock nut, a forward end of said interior circular channel having a bearing surface against which said annular flange of said barrel rests when the barrel and upper receiver are threadedly coupled with one another and secured by the lock nut;
- a handguard assembly including a top segment and a bottom segment, said bottom segment having a rearward end machined to receive and be secured to the receiver extension, said top segment being removably coupled to said bottom segment and restrained from movement by said bottom segment;
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- wherein said receiver extension is substantially shaped like an elongated cylinder with its top portion removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.