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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Baldwin, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
North American Dynamics, Tustin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ; F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 3304 ; 89 3325 ; 89 3613 ;
Abstract
A universal gun mount and ammunition feed system wherein an M242 chain gun is disposed with its dual feed chutes vertically oriented and fed with a symmetrical dual feed arrangement wherein linked rounds are rotated 180 degrees and wherein flex chuting is mounted about the sides of the turret and extends upwardly into the feed mechanism, thereby preventing binding, excessive loading, and jamming.