Patent ID: 11940238
Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A firearm comprising:
a barrel assembly comprising a barrel or a barrel extension defining one or more locking lugs;
an upper receiver connected to the barrel assembly;
a bolt carrier group disposed within the upper receiver, the bolt carrier group comprising:
a bolt carrier defining an interior and a cam slot, the cam slot being defined between the interior of the bolt carrier and an exterior of the bolt carrier; and
a bolt defining one or more bolt lugs configured to engage with the one or more locking lugs of the barrel assembly, wherein a cam pin is operably coupled to the bolt;

wherein at least a portion of the bolt is disposed in the interior of the bolt carrier to permit the bolt to translate along and rotate about a first axis of the bolt carrier,
wherein the cam slot is configured to constrain the translation and rotation of the bolt, the cam slot defining a cam path along which the cam pin is configured to travel, the cam path comprising a locked dwell, an unlocked dwell, and a transition section disposed between the locked dwell and the unlocked dwell,
wherein an axial length of the transition section is consistent with a standard transition section of an AR15 or M16 Technical Data Package, and
wherein the locked dwell defines a portion parallel to the first axis that is greater than inches long.