Patent ID: 8047115
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A flash suppression system comprising: a tubular body defining a cylindrical chamber; the body having an open front end and defining a cylindrical interior chamber; the body having a rear end portion including a threaded facility for receiving a threaded muzzle of a firearm; the body having an internally threaded interior surface at the front end; the internally threaded interior surface being spaced forwardly apart from the rear end portion of the body by a cylindrical interior surface portion; a conical element received in the interior chamber and having a front and a rear end; the conical element defining a conical bore having first diameter at the front end, and a smaller second diameter at the rear end; the conical element having external threads adjacent to the front end and adapted to mate with the internally threaded interior surface of the body; the conical element having a tapered external surface portion rearward of the external threads; a flash suppression chamber defined by the tapered external surface of the conical element, by the cylindrical interior surface portion of the body, and by the rear portion of the body; and the rear end of the conical element being spaced apart from the rear end portion of the body, such that a gap is formed to allow muzzle gasses to enter the flash suppression chamber.