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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Hansen Lukman, Parsippany, NJ (US);
James R. Connolly, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Kevin Russell, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Hansen Lukman, Parsippany, NJ (US);
James R. Connolly, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Kevin Russell, Jersey City, NJ (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
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.