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F41A 19/06

Mechanical firing mechanisms

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms > Mechanical firing mechanisms

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
WEAPONS
Subclass:
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE

15 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F41A 19/07 press-button actuated, e.g. with thumb rest
  • F41A 19/08 remote actuated; lanyard actuated
  • F41A 19/09 Auxiliary trigger devices
  • F41A 19/1 Triggers; Trigger mountings
  • F41A 19/11 Trigger guards; Trigger-guard mountings
  • F41A 19/12 Sears; Sear mountings
  • F41A 19/13 Percussion or firing pins, i.e. fixed or slidably- mounted striker elements; Mountings therefor
  • F41A 19/14 Hammers, i.e. pivotably-mounted striker elements; Hammer mountings
  • F41A 19/15 Modular firing mechanism units
  • F41A 19/16 Adjustable firing mechanisms; Trigger mechanisms with adjustable trigger pull
  • F41A 19/17 Hair-trigger mechanisms
  • F41A 19/24 Release-trigger mechanisms, i.e. the striker element being released during the return movement of the trigger subsequent to trigger pull

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
  2. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
  3. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
  4. BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
  5. CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
  6. AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
  7. LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
  8. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
  9. KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
  10. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228