IPC Subgroup
F41A 9/4 the breech-block itself being the rammer
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges > Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position > Ramming arrangements > the breech-block itself being the rammer
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
1 direct subcode
Child Classifications
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- F41A 9/41 pushing unbelted ammunition from a box magazine on the gun frame into the cartridge chamber
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