IP Library Granted Patent US 10,690,428
Granted Patent B1
US 10,690,428 · App. 16/695,609 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Firearm receiver tightening system

Inventors: Ralph B. Vestbom (Cliffside Park, NJ); Kristopher L. Porter (New Windsor, NY)
Assignee: MOA Dynamics LLC
F41A11/02F41A17/04F41A27/30
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Patent No.
US 10,690,428
App. No.
16/695,609
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method of assembling a lower receiver and an upper receiver of a firearm is disclosed. The method comprising steps of providing a threaded fastener; inserting the threaded fastener into a ratchet handle; mounting a ratchet gear into the ratchet handle, wherein the threaded fastener passes through an aperture of the ratchet handle and threads into the ratchet gear; positioning a locking plate at the lower receiver, wherein the locking plate is fixed to the ratchet handle by turning and tightening the ratchet handle with the engaged ratchet gear for locking to the locking plate in a locked position; and on the opposite side of the lower receiver, inserting a threaded pivot pin into an aperture of the locking plate from the opposite side of the lower receiver, wherein a threaded rod of the ratchet gear is threaded into a threading cavity of the pivot pin.

Claims (43)

1. A method of assembling a lower receiver and an upper receiver of a firearm, the method comprising the steps of:

on one side of the lower receiver,

providing a threaded fastener having a proximal end and a distal end;

inserting the threaded fastener into a ratchet handle along a longitudinal axis at the proximal end of the threaded fastener;

mounting a ratchet gear into the ratchet handle at the opposite side of the threaded fastener, wherein the threaded fastener passes through an aperture of the ratchet handle and threads into the ratchet gear;

positioning a locking plate at the lower receiver, wherein the ratchet handle is attached to the locking plate through the ratchet gear for locking the ratchet handle in a locked position; and

on opposite side of the lower receiver,

inserting a pivot pin through an aperture of the locking plate from the opposite side of the lower receiver, wherein a threaded rod of the ratchet gear is threaded into a threaded cavity of the pivot pin.

2. The method of claim 1 , further providing a spring disposed at the proximal end of the threaded fastener between the threaded fastener and the ratchet handle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratchet handle comprises a cylindrical portion having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the ratchet handle is capable of accepting the threaded fastener at the distal end and the ratchet gear at the proximal end.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ratchet gear is rotatably mounted into the ratchet handle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rachet gear further comprises a plurality of extrusions circumscribing a circumference of the ratchet gear at a distal end and a threaded rod at the proximal end.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of extrusions are capable of meshing with the ratchet handle.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of extrusions are capable of facilitating the restraining of rotation of the ratchet handle.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising accepting the threaded rod at least in part in a threaded, longitudinal aperture of the ratchet gear.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threaded rod of the ratchet gear having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the pivot pin and the distal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the ratchet gear.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threaded rod is integrated into the ratchet gear.

11. A fixing device for assembling a lower receiver and an upper receiver of a firearm comprising:

a threaded fastener having a proximal end and a distal end;

a ratchet handle comprising a cylindrical portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lever, wherein the rachet handle is capable of facilitating tightening and/or loosening of the lower receiver and the upper receiver by rotating the lever;

a ratchet gear comprising a plurality of extrusions, wherein the plurality of extrusions are capable of facilitating a restraining of rotation of the ratchet handle;

a locking plate comprising a plurality of stop registrations, wherein the plurality of stop registrations are capable of locking the ratchet handle in a locked position by locking the lever of the ratchet handle into one of the plurality of stop registrations; and

a pivot pin capable of inserting through lugs of the upper receiver, the lower receiver, and an aperture of the locking plate from an opposite side of the lower receiver, wherein a threaded rod of the ratchet gear is threaded into a threading cavity of the pivot pin for tightening and fixing the upper receiver and the lower receiver of the firearm.

12. The device of claim 11 , further comprising a spring disposed at the proximal end of the threaded fastener between the threaded fastener and the ratchet handle.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the ratchet handle comprises a cylindrical portion having a proximal end and a distal end for accepting the threaded fastener at the distal end and the ratchet gear at the proximal end.

14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the rachet gear further comprises a plurality of extrusions circumscribing a circumference of the ratchet gear at a distal end and the threaded rod at a proximal end.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of extrusions are capable of facilitating the restraining of rotation of the ratchet handle.

16. The device of claim 11 , wherein the ratchet gear accepts the threaded rod at least in part in a longitudinal aperture.

17. The device of claim 11 , wherein the threaded rod comprises a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the longitudinal aperture of the pivot pin and the distal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the ratchet gear.

18. The device of claim 11 , wherein the threaded rod is integrated into the ratchet gear.

19. A firearm fixing system, the system comprising:

a lower receiver assembly;

an upper receiver assembly; and

a fixing device for fixing the lower receiver assembly and the upper receiver assembly, wherein the fixing device comprising:

a threaded fastener having a proximal end and a distal end;

a ratchet handle comprising a cylindrical portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lever, wherein the rachet handle is capable of facilitating tightening and/or loosening of the lower receiver assembly and the upper receiver assembly by rotating the lever;

a ratchet gear comprising a plurality of extrusions, wherein the plurality of extrusions are capable of facilitating a restraining of rotation of the ratchet handle;

a locking plate comprising a plurality of stop registrations, wherein the plurality of stop registrations are capable of locking the ratchet handle in a locked position by locking the lever of the ratchet handle into one of the plurality of stop registrations; and

a pivot pin capable of inserting through lugs of the upper receiver, the lower receiver, and an aperture of the locking plate from an opposite side of the lower receiver assembly, wherein a threaded rod of the ratchet gear is threaded into a threaded cavity of the pivot pin for tightening and fixing the upper receiver and the lower receiver of the firearm.

20. The system of claim 19 , further comprising a spring disposed at the proximal end of the threaded fastener between the threaded fastener and the ratchet handle.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein the rachet gear further comprises a plurality of extrusions circumscribing a circumference of the ratchet gear at a distal end and the threaded rod at a proximal end.

22. The system of claim 19 , wherein the threaded rod comprises a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the longitudinal aperture of the pivot pin and the distal end of the threaded rod is inserted in the ratchet gear.

23. The system of claim 19 , wherein the threaded rod is integrated into the ratchet gear.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: VESTBOM, RALPH; PORTER, KRISTOPHER
To: MOA DYNAMICS LLC
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Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62877851 · Jul 24, 2019
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