Mounting adapter for self-loading firearms

US10921090B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HECKLER & KOCH GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rudi Schatz · Dotternhausen, DE
• Tobias Maier · Hirrlingen, DE
• Wilhelm Fischbach · Laufen, DE
• Frank Kohler · Kürten, DE
• Stefan Doll · Obermoschel, DE
• Marc Roth · New Market, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41G11/003
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Example apparatus are disclosed for an adapter to attach at least one device to a self-loading firearm, the adapter comprising a barrel-side section and a receiver-side section adjacent the barrel-side section, wherein the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section extend in a longitudinal direction of the firearm, wherein one of the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section is securable to a retention device on a firearm barrel or a firearm receiver, and wherein the other of the barrel-side section and the receiver-side section can be moveably supported on the firearm receiver or the firearm barrel by a guide that allows for longitudinal movement of the receiver-side section or the barrel-side section with respect to the firearm.