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Granted Patent B2
US 12,487,043 · App. 18/302,680 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Device for disassembling a firearm

Inventors: Laurent Balhan (Mormont, BE); Dorian Delvaux (Vivegnis, BE)
Assignee: FN HERSTAL S.A.
F41A11/00F41A17/34
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Patent No.
US 12,487,043
App. No.
18/302,680
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure concerns a pistol having an anti-disassembly protection device, which includes a disassembly key arranged rotatably in a frame, and which can be manually turned between an angular locking position and an angular disassembly position, and which disassembly key may occupy a transverse resting position and a transverse rotation position. The disassembly key has blocking means that cooperate with additional blocking means on the frame in order to prevent rotation of the disassembly key into the angular disassembly position when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position.

Claims (22)

1 . A pistol comprising an anti-disassembly protection device, the anti-disassembly protection device comprising:

a disassembly key arranged rotatably in a frame, the disassembly key configured to be manually turned between an angular locking position and an angular disassembly position,

wherein the disassembly key is configured to transition between a transverse resting position and a transverse rotation position,

wherein the disassembly key comprises a first blocking means configured to cooperate with a second blocking means on the frame to prevent rotation of the disassembly key into the angular disassembly position when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position;

wherein a barrel is affixed to the frame via an axle of the disassembly key passing into a hole or a slot disposed under the barrel; and

wherein the disassembly key comprises a first index hole, a second index hole, and a sliding shoe held against the disassembly key by a spring, wherein the sliding shoe is supported on the first index hole when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position, and is supported on the second index hole when the disassembly key occupies the transverse rotation position.

2 . The pistol according to claim 1 , wherein the first blocking means and the second blocking means collectively comprise a mortise and tenon arrangement.

3 . The pistol according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a slide configured to slide on a slide rail affixed to the frame between a firing position and a rear reloading position,

wherein the slide comprises a housing under a lower surface of the slide,

wherein the disassembly key comprises an eccentric tenon supported under the slide, the eccentric tenon configured to allow the rotation of the disassembly key only when the housing is positioned facing the eccentric tenon.

4 . The pistol according to claim 1 , wherein the second index hole has a discontinuous right inner flank, which prevents extraction of the disassembly key by being supported on a right inner flank of the sliding shoe when the disassembly key is in the angular locking position, and allows extraction of the disassembly key when the disassembly key is in the angular disassembly position.

5 . The pistol according to claim 4 , wherein the index holes are arranged on an eccentric element that is eccentric relative to an axle of the disassembly key, wherein the sliding shoe comprises a sensor that penetrates into a magazine shaft, and wherein the eccentric element prevents rotation of the disassembly key.

6 . The pistol according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding shoe has an inclined outer surface configured to allow the sliding shoe to be moved when the disassembly key is moved to the transverse resting position.

7 . A pistol comprising an anti-disassembly protection device, the anti-disassembly protection device comprising:

a disassembly key arranged rotatably in a frame, the disassembly key configured to be manually turned between an angular locking position and an angular disassembly position,

wherein the disassembly key is configured to transition between a transverse resting position and a transverse rotation position,

wherein the disassembly key comprises a first blocking means configured to cooperate with a second blocking means on the frame to prevent rotation of the disassembly key into the angular disassembly position when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position; and

wherein the disassembly key includes a first index hole and a second index hole, and the frame comprises a sliding shoe held against the disassembly key by a spring, wherein the sliding shoe is supported on the first index hole when the disassembly key occupies the transverse resting position, and is supported on the second index hole when the disassembly key occupies the transverse rotation position.

8 . The pistol according to claim 7 , wherein the second index hole has a discontinuous right inner flank, which prevents extraction of the disassembly key by being supported on a right inner flank of the sliding shoe when the disassembly key is in the angular locking position, and allows extraction of the disassembly key when the disassembly key is in the angular disassembly position.

9 . The pistol according to claim 8 , wherein the index holes are arranged on an eccentric element that is eccentric relative to an axle of the disassembly key, wherein the sliding shoe comprises a sensor that penetrates into a magazine shaft, and wherein the eccentric element prevents rotation of the disassembly key.

10 . The pistol according to claim 7 , wherein the sliding shoe has an inclined outer surface configured to allow the sliding shoe to be moved when the disassembly key is moved to the transverse resting position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2023
From: BALHAN, LAURENT; DELVAUX, DORIAN
To: FN HERSTAL S.A.
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 22170641 · Apr 28, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230349655A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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