US 11,927,411 B2
Hybrid suppressor baffle structure
Joe DeJessa, West Brookfield, MA (US)
Assigned to Smith & Wesson Inc., Springfield, MA (US)
Filed by Smith & Wesson Inc., Springfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,530.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/209,759, filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397363 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F41A 21/30 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 21/30 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firearm suppressor for use with a firearm, the firearm suppressor comprising:
a sleeve having a longitudinal axis and comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, an interior volume and an interior surface;
an end cap mounted on the sleeve generally at the outlet end of the sleeve, the end cap including first and second exit ports opening to an exterior of the sleeve; and
a plurality of baffles received by the sleeve, each baffle comprising a body with a conical portion and a cylindrical portion defining a central passage extending through the body, each baffle being positioned in the sleeve such that the longitudinal axis of the sleeve passes through the central passage, each baffle having a length along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve;
wherein the plurality of baffles and the sleeve are configured to define a first exhaust passage extending along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve, through the central passage of the body to the first port of the end cap for exhausting gas to the exterior of the sleeve, and a second exhaust passage extending outside of the central passage of the body to the second port for exhausting gas to the exterior of the sleeve, the second exhaust passage comprising a plurality of distinct exhaust gas channels in which the flow of gas in each distinct channel is separate from the flow of gas through the other distinct gas channels, each of the distinct gas channels having a helical shape;
wherein the cylindrical of each baffle comprises a plurality of baffle ports positioned to communicate gas in the body to the distinct exhaust gas channels; and
wherein each of the baffle ports communicates with a respective one of the distinct exhaust gas channels.