Firing assemblies for use with firearms

US8220192B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HECKLER & KOCH GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Fluhr · Obermoschel, DE
• Hermann Albrecht · Obermoschel, DE
• Wolfgang Bantle · Obermoschel, DE
• Johann-August Bantle · Balingen, DE
• Erwin Epp · Dornhan, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A19/14
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Firing assemblies for use with firearms are described. A firing assembly for use with a firearm includes a hammer pivotably coupled to a hammer shaft. The hammer includes a hammer stop notch that at least partially engages a portion of a lever of a trigger assembly when the hammer is in a cocked position and a control curve section that engages a surface of the lever to retain the lever in an unlocked position as the hammer moves between the cocked position and a firing position. Additionally, the firing assembly includes a control element pivotably coupled to the hammer shaft and adjacent the hammer, wherein the control element includes a first control curve portion that at least partially adjoins the control curve section and wherein the hammer interacts with the control element to change a control curve region as the hammer moves between cocked position and the firing position.