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United States Patent | 8,297,174 |
Russell , et al. | October 30, 2012 |
A weapon may include a translatable recoil mass and two translatable counterweights disposed on opposite sides of the recoil mass. Each counterweight may have a mass that is substantially one-half a mass of the recoil mass. A pair of racks may be fixed to respective ones of the counterweights and a second pair of racks may be fixed to opposites sides of the recoil mass. Pinions may engage the counterweight and recoil mass racks. A receiver may be fixed with respect to the recoil mass and the pair of counterweights. The directions of translation of the recoil mass are substantially opposite directions of translation of the two counterweights.
Inventors: | Russell; Kevin (Jersey City, NJ), Binter; Eric (Sussex, NJ), Jacob; Adam (Brodheadsville, PA), Lukman; Hansen (Parsippany, NJ) |
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 47045657 |
Appl. No.: | 12/607,164 |
Filed: | October 28, 2009 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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61120954 | Dec 9, 2008 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 89/42.01; 89/37.14; 89/44.01 |
Current CPC Class: | F41A 25/12 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | F41A 23/00 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;42/1.06 ;89/37.08,37.14,42.03,44.01,44.02,42.01 |
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1059093 | April 1913 | Voller |
4524671 | June 1985 | Bender et al. |
5585590 | December 1996 | Ducolon |
7895930 | March 2011 | Fisk et al. |
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