IP Library Granted Patent US 8,794,376
Granted Patent B2
US 8,794,376 · App. 13/743,331 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Firearm flash suppressor system

Inventors: Jonathon Shults (Sandy, UT); Harrison Holden (Sandy, UT); Casey Brandol (Salt Lake City, UT)
Assignee: Silencerco, LLC
F41A21/30F41A21/325F41A21/34
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Patent No.
US 8,794,376
App. No.
13/743,331
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flash suppressor adapted to be attached to a muzzle of a barrel of a firearm coaxially therewith, the flash suppressor having a base, a tapered waist portion and a shoulder surface. The flash suppressor further having a plurality of tines, in which each tine of the plurality of times has a different mass to affect sound reduction as a result of expanding, and combusting gases exiting the muzzle of the firearm when the firearm is discharged.

Claims (16)

1. A flash suppressor system for a firearm, comprising:

a flash suppressor selectively mountable to a distal end of a barrel of the firearm, the flash suppressor including a plurality of tines, each tine of the plurality of tines having a different mass from every other tine of the plurality of tines, the different mass configured to minimize harmonic sound from the flash suppressor as gases exiting a muzzle of the firearm when the firearm is discharged and to disperse the gases in a manner that reduces flash without affecting an accuracy of discharged projectiles.

2. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein each of the respective masses of the tines can vary by less than 1%.

3. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective masses of the tines can vary by less than 10%.

4. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective masses of the tines can vary by less than 20%.

5. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective masses of the tines can vary by at least 1%.

6. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective masses of the tines can vary by at least 3%.

7. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective masses of the tines can vary by at least 5%.

8. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the respective elongate lengths of the tines of the plurality of tines are different from one another.

9. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein the flash suppressor includes a cylindrical socket having a threaded recess for selective receiving a threaded extension of a gun barrel of the firearm.

10. The flash suppressor system of claim 9 , wherein the cylindrical socket includes an axial central bore having a diameter that is larger than a bore of the firearm.

11. The flash suppressor system of claim 10 , wherein a body of the flash suppressor surrounding an exit chamber of the flash suppressor has a plurality of troughs equally spaced, angled and running a length of an exit chamber of the flash suppressor and a plurality of slots continuous with the plurality of troughs and extending longitudinally in a distal portion of the flash suppressor, between adjacent tines of the plurality of lines.

12. The flash suppressor system of claim 11 , wherein each trough of the plurality of troughs has a concave profile.

13. The flash suppressor system of claim 12 , wherein each trough of the plurality of troughs is offset from a corresponding tine of the plurality of tines.

14. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein an exterior surface of a body of the flash suppressor includes a waist portion tapering from a first diameter at a proximal location to a smaller, second diameter at a distal location.

15. The flash suppressor system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of an exterior surface of the plurality of tines tapers from a proximal location to a distal location toward a central longitudinal axis of the flash suppressor.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2026
From: SILENCERCO WEAPONS RESEARCH, LLC; UNITY TACTICAL LLC; ZEV TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; SYNDICATE OPTICS RESEARCH, LLC; SICOSYNDICATE, LLC
To: FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 075562/0524 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 11, 2024
From: SILENCERCO, LLC
To: SILENCERCO WEAPONS RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 069162/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2014
From: HOLDEN, HARRISON; BRANDOL, CASEY
To: SILENCERCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 033006/0897 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2013
From: SHULTS, JONATHON
To: SILENCERCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 031432/0291 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61587118 · Jan 16, 2012
Related Publication 20140020977A1 · Jan 23, 2014