US Patent Issued to HECKLER & KOCH on Sept. 9 for "Control element, breechblock stop lever, breechblock carrier, trigger, trigger assembly for an automatic weapon, and an automatic weapon equipped therewith" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,979, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HECKLER & KOCH GmbH (Oberndorf, Germany).

"Control element, breechblock stop lever, breechblock carrier, trigger, trigger assembly for an automatic weapon, and an automatic weapon equipped therewith" was invented by Stefan Thimm (Hardt, Germany) and Markus Hetzel (Epfendorf-Talhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example control element for controlling a breechblock stop lever that can move about a first axis of rotation, which can be moved between a standby position for releasing a breechblock carrier and a retaining position for retaining the breechblock carrier, includes a fir...