Carbine with charging handle assembly

US11796267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Glock Technology GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Mario Kastrun · Maria Rain, AT
• Elmar Bilgeri · Steyr, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A35/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Rifles having a weapon median plane, with a barrel with a barrel bore axis, a gas drive, a sliding block, a closing spring unit, and a charging handle assembly arranged in front of the sliding block, where the charging handle has two operating handles pivotally mounted about pivot pins on a slider body, said operating handles being pushed about the pivot pins into their rest position by at least one handle spring. For facilitating the use and especially the forward shift of the charging handle, the slider body is mounted on a carriage which is arranged axially in front of the sliding block and movable in the axial direction.