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Weapon barrel

US8844187B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Axel Pfersmann · Feucht, DE
Rainer Himmert · Achern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 2013
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41C27/22
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon barrel of an automatic firearm contains a muzzle that is set into flexural oscillations by firing, with a damping device for damping the flexural oscillations by frictional processes between a radially projecting friction ring disposed on the muzzle and at least one friction element loaded by of a spring element. Wherein at least one friction element loaded by a separate spring element acts on both sides of the friction ring respectively and is supported so as to be axially movable relative to the muzzle.

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