IPC Subgroup
F41A 19/58 Electric firing mechanisms
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms > Electric 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
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F41A 19/59 Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released by electric means
- F41A 19/6 characterised by the means for generating electric energy
- F41A 19/63 having means for contactless transmission of electric energy, e.g. by induction, by sparking gap
- F41A 19/64 for automatic or burst-firing mode
- F41A 19/68 for multibarrel guns
- F41A 19/69 Electric contacts or switches peculiar thereto
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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