IP Library Granted Patent US 7,802,511
Granted Patent B2
US 7,802,511 · App. 12/196,965 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Slide, stop, trigger device and handle for a weapon

Assignee: Heckler & Koch, GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,802,511
App. No.
12/196,965
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are examples of firearms and firearm assemblies. In one example, a firearm assembly for use in a firearm including a breech block, includes safety equipment; a slide stop, wherein the slide stop is adjustable between an arresting position that locks the breech block and a position that does not lock the breech block; and a safety element adjustable relative to the slide stop between a neutral position and secured position, wherein in the secured position if the breech block exerts an operating force on the safety element and the safety element engages the safety equipment, the safety element fixes the slide stop in its arresting position.

Claims (29)

1. A firearm assembly for use in a firearm including a breech block, the firearm assembly comprising:

safety equipment;

a slide stop, wherein the slide stop is adjustable between an arresting position that locks a breech block and a position that does not lock the breech block; and

a safety element adjustable relative to the slide stop between a neutral position and secured position, wherein in the secured position if the breech block exerts an operating force on the safety element and the safety element engages the safety equipment, the safety element fixes the slide stop in its arresting position, wherein the safety element is adjusted against spring force from the neutral position to the secured position.

2. A firearm assembly as defined in claims 1 , wherein the safety element includes:

an actuator adapted to be carried by the breech block when the breech block is moving in a forward direction and, as a result, the safety element can be adjusted into the secured position; and

a locking element located in an effective range of the safety equipment if the safety element is in the secured position.

3. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 2 , wherein the safety element is arranged in an area of a sear arm and engaging the sear arm in its arresting position at the breech block.

4. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 3 , in which the actuator is located inside a profile of the sear arm.

5. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 4 , wherein the safety element includes a slide and in which a sliding direction of the safety element corresponds to a running direction of the breech block.

6. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 4 , wherein the safety element includes a pivot lever having a swivel axis running lateral to a running direction of the breech block and which is pivotable in the slide stop.

7. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 6 , wherein the pivot lever includes a two-armed configuration in which a first lever arm comprises the actuator and a second lever arm comprises the locking element.

8. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 7 , wherein the first lever arm is shorter than the second lever arm and wherein ratio of the first lever arm length to the second lever arm length comprises about 1:2 to about 1:3.

9. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 7 , wherein a swivel axis runs through a center of gravity of the pivot lever.

10. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 9 , wherein the locking element including an effective surface engages in a self-restricting fashion at a respective counter surface of the safety equipment.

11. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 10 , having at least one interface through which the trigger or safety equipment can be connected to an actuator for the purpose of activation.

12. A firearm comprising:

a breech block

safety equipment;

a slide stop, wherein the slide stop is adjustable between an arresting position that locks the breech block and a position that does not lock the breech block; and

a safety element adjustable relative to the slide stop between a neutral position and secured position, wherein in the secured position if the breech block exerts an operating force on the safety element and the safety element engages the safety equipment, the safety element fixes the slide stop in its arresting position, wherein the safety element is adjusted against spring force from the neutral position to the secured position.

13. A firearm as defined in claims 12 , wherein the safety element includes:

an actuator adapted to be carried by the breech block when the breech block is moving in a forward direction and, as a result, the safety element can be adjusted into the secured position; and

a locking element located in an effective range of the safety equipment if the safety element is in the secured position.

14. A firearm as defined in claim 13 , wherein the safety element is arranged in an area of a sear arm and engaging the sear arm in its arresting position at the breech block.

15. A firearm as defined in claim 14 , wherein the safety element includes a pivot lever that is located at a swivel axis running lateral to a running direction of the breech block and which can be swiveled in the slide stop.

16. A firearm as defined in claim 15 , wherein the pivot lever includes a two-armed configuration in which a first lever arm comprises the actuator and a second lever arm comprises the locking element.

17. A firearm assembly as defined in claim 16 , wherein the first lever arm is shorter than the second lever arm and wherein ratio of the first lever arm length to the second lever arm length comprises about 1:2 to about 1:3.

18. A firearm as defined in claim 12 , wherein the firearm comprises an automatic weapon.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2022
From: HECKLER & KOCH GMBH
To: COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 061639/0017 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2008
From: DOLL, STEFAN; WOSSNER, ERNST
To: HECKLER & KOCH, GMBH
Reel/Frame 022060/0099 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 052 105 · Oct 31, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6103009900 · Feb 20, 2008
Related Publication 20090107024A1 · Apr 30, 2009