James E Connolly

US Patent:

8418389, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Jun 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/165192

Inventors:

Hansen Lukman - Parsippany NJ, US
James R. Connolly - Bloomfield NJ, US
Kevin Russell - Jersey City NJ, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F41A 5/10

US Classification:

42 106, 89 77, 89198

Abstract:

A recoil-reducing weapon may include a housing and a receiver translatably disposed in the housing. A barrel may have one end fixed to the receiver and be translatable with respect to the housing. A spring stop may be fixed to the barrel forward of the housing and a spring may be disposed between the spring stop and a front of the housing. An operating group with a gear rack may be translatably disposed in the receiver. A longitudinal member may have one end fixed to the operating group. A counter-mass may have a second gear rack and an opening therein for receiving the longitudinal member. A second spring may be disposed around the longitudinal member. One end of the second spring may bear against the operating group and another end of the second spring may bear against the counter-mass. A pinion gear may be rotatably fixed to the receiver and operable to mesh with the gear rack and the second gear rack.