Patent ID: 9322606
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: F41A

Claim Text:
1. A gas valve assembly for use in association with an autoloading firearm, the assembly comprising: a gas valve having an annular body around a longitudinal gas valve axis, said gas valve having an inner surface defining a gas chamber and first and second annular end surfaces defining first and second openings of said gas chamber, the gas valve further having an outer surface and at least two substantially parallel gas channels spaced circumferentially equally around said inner surface, each gas channel extending between the inner surface and the outer surface and providing a gas communication path from the outer surface to the gas chamber, wherein each gas channel has a gas channel axis intersecting said inner surface at a non-zero angle of incidence and each gas channel axis lies in a first plane normal to the gas valve axis, wherein each gas channel axis does not intersect the longitudinal gas valve axis; and a regulator occupying a portion of the chamber to define an operating volume, the regulator having at least one outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter of the gas chamber to substantially inhibit gas flow from the chamber through one of the openings.