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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Patrick Balbo, Bourges, FR;
Jean-luc Gilberton, Sennecay, FR;
Inventors:
Patrick Balbo, Bourges, FR;
Jean-Luc Gilberton, Sennecay, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, Versailles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A muzzle brake for a gun having a substantially cylindrical body intended to be positioned in the extension of a gun barrel. The body has two stages of propellant gas reception vanes and is perforated by vents directing propellant gas towards the vanes. The brake has one deflector to deflect the flow of gas and is positioned between the vents of the second stage of the vanes and a front profile of the first stage of the vanes.