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Firearm barrel stiffening and/or cooling systems and methods

US10641569B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 2016
Grant dateMay 5, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 21, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A21/32
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A barrel having a body including an elongate tubular structure extending from a breach end to a muzzle end; a projectile bore extending from a projectile chamber to the muzzle end; and a one or more tubular recesses formed in the body, wherein each tubular recess is defined by an elongate hole extending from an open end formed in an area proximate the muzzle end.

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