IP Library Granted Patent US 9,726,449
Granted Patent B2
US 9,726,449 · App. 15/107,439 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Drop protection of a cock-less self-loading pistol and self-loading pistol with such a drop protection

Inventors: Gerd Spinner (Oberndorf-Bochingen, DE); Frank Henninger (Oberndorf-Beffendorf, DE)
Assignee: HECKLER & KOCH GmbH
F41A17/64F41A17/72
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Patent No.
US 9,726,449
App. No.
15/107,439
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a drop protection ( 59 ) of a cock-less self-loading pistol ( 1 ) with a movable safety element ( 61 ), which can take a safety position, where it intervenes before firing of a shot into the path of a firing pin ( 17 ), and a release position, where it is located outside the path of movement of the firing pin ( 17 ), is characterized in that the safety element ( 61 ) catches the firing pin ( 17 ) after its forerun over a defined distance in safety position. The invention also relates to a self-loading pistol equipped with such a drop protection.

Claims (18)

1. Drop protection for use in a cock-less self-loading pistol, comprising:

a movable safety element, which can take a safety position, where the movable safety element intervenes before firing of a shot into the path of travel of a firing pin, and a release position, where the movable safety element is located outside the path of movement of the firing pin, whereby the movable safety element catches the firing pin only after the movable safety element moves over a defined distance in a safety position, wherein the movable safety element is rotatably or pivotably arranged and formed horizontally between the safety position and a release position, and

wherein the movable safety element comprises a mounting element which is rotatably mounted with a first end in a recess in a breech slide, and at a second end of the mounting element a two-armed locking lever is provided, wherein in the safety position the two-armed locking lever extends with a securing end on a first lever arm into the path of travel of the firing pin for catching the firing pin.

2. Drop protection according to claim 1 , wherein the safety element, when in safety position, intercepts the firing pin just before a shot is triggered.

3. Drop protection, according to claim 2 , wherein the safety element is movably mounted to a guiding sleeve enclosing the firing pin.

4. Drop protection according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic element pre-cocks the safety element into the safety position.

5. Drop protection according to claim 1 , wherein the safety element is formed as one or multiple parts.

6. Drop protection according to the claim 1 , wherein the safety lever at one end of a second lever arm shows a control element for operative engagement with at least one control contour one trigger bar coupled with a trigger.

7. Drop protection according to claim 6 , wherein in a resting position of the trigger, the trigger bar sets back the control element with at least one control contour into the safety position and thereby prevents movement of safety element into the release position.

8. Drop protection according to claim 6 , wherein the trigger bar includes at least one second control contour in order to influence the control element on pulling of the trigger and to shift the safety element into the release position.

9. Drop protection according to claim 6 , wherein the mounting element includes a recess, which is formed to at least partially compliment the dimensions of firing pin guide sleeve, in such a way, that the safety element pivots around the firing pin guide sleeve during movement between the safety position and the release position.

10. Drop protection according to claim 1 , wherein the firing pin includes a shoulder formed thereon for operative intervention with the safety element in the safety position.

11. A self-loading pistol comprising:

a movable safety element, which can take a safety position, where the movable safety element intervenes before firing of a shot into the path of a firing pin, and a release position, where the movable safety element is located outside the path of movement of the firing pin, whereby the movable safety element catches the firing pin only after the movable safety element is forerun over a defined distance in a safety position, wherein the movable safety element is rotatably or pivotably arranged and formed horizontally between the safety position and a release position, and

a mounting element which is rotatably mounted with a first end in a recess in a breech slide, and at a second end of the mounting element a two-armed locking lever is provided, wherein in the safety position the two-armed locking lever extends with a securing end on a first lever arm into the path of travel of the firing pin for catching the firing pin.

12. Drop protection, according to claim 1 , wherein the safety element is movably mounted to a guiding sleeve enclosing the firing pin.

13. Drop protection according to claim 2 , wherein an elastic element pre-cocks the safety element into the safety position.

14. Drop protection according to claim 3 , wherein an elastic element pre-cocks the safety element into the safety position.

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 Sep 6, 2016
From: SPINNER, GERD; HENNINGER, FRANK
To: HECKLER & KOCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 039641/0086 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 022 082 · Dec 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170003093A1 · Jan 5, 2017