F41A 17/74 Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence)
Introduced: January 1990
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Hammer safeties, i.e. for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin
CPC: Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties > Hammer safeties, i.e. for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin
Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties > Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- F41A 17/76 automatically operated, i.e. operated by breech opening or closing movement since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41A 17/80 Thumb-operated sliding safeties mounted on the upside of the stock, e.g. for shotguns since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41A 17/82 trigger-operated, i.e. the movement of the trigger bringing a hammer safety into inoperative position during firing since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
- CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 562
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 459
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 444
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 412
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 407
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 359
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 290
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 282
- SHELTERED WINGS, INC. D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS US 255
- THALES FR 228