USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Thomas Klebert Houck, Jr

Matthew Thomas Buckler

Timothy Gerald Burcham

Jonathan Edward Scroggins

Yui Jean Clifford

Michael M Canaday

Sabrina Hong-Yee Lau

Nathan Arnold Lambert

Steven James Walton

Zachary James Salvato

Douglas Lawrence Ramers

Ryan G Braughler

Kyle J Campbell

Gregory Noble Fish

William Michael McCoy, Iii

Xavier Anthony Quinn

Annette Christine Straziuso

A remote operated mechanism is provided for raising and lowering a seal in a gun loader breech via a transfer gear. The mechanism includes a servo motor, a pinion, a clutch and a worm gear. The servo motor axially rotates the pinion. The clutch controllably engages and disengages with the pinion. The worm gear couples the clutch to a shaft that engages the transfer gear. The clutch disengages the pinion from the motor in response to recoil from firing the gun. The worm gear includes a worm screw that axially turns with the pinion and a worm wheel that engages the worm screw to laterally spin a shaft connected to the transfer gear. The clutch includes a coupler for engaging the worm screw, a spur gear that connects the coupler to the pinion, and a spring that pushes the coupler to engage the worm screw prior to firing.

Remote operated gun breech

A recoil device is provided for a gun having a barrel with a breech. The device includes a breech nut, a brake assembly, a pneumatic spring and a counter-recoil buffer. The breech nut has first and second adjacent sides. The brake assembly includes a brake cylinder that mounts to the breech nut on the first side. The pneumatic spring mounts to the breech nut on the second side. The counter-recoil buffer attaches to the pneumatic spring. The brake cylinder and the pneumatic spring internally push fluids for recoil absorption and return in response to firing the gun.

Gun mount for ground attack aircraft

A rifle actuation mechanism is provided for alternately positioning a rifle between stowage within a cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis and deployment for engaging a target. The mechanism includes a cradle, a yoke, and longitudinal, elevation and azimuth actuators. The cradle holds and fires the rifle. The yoke connects to the cradle. The longitudinal actuator translates the yoke along the axis. The elevation actuator pivots the cradle from the yoke. The azimuth actuator turns the cradle about the axis for pointing to the target. The tube contains the rifle, the cradle, the yoke and the actuators while in stowage. In preferred embodiments, the axis is substantially vertical.

Modular tube-stowable rifle mount

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Woodford, VA, United States of America

Thomas Klebert Houck, Jr