US 12,253,324 B2
Firearm action mechanism
Terrence Dwight Bender, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Benjamin P. Peterson, East Bethel, MN (US)
Assigned to In Ovation LLC, Vadnais Heights, MN (US)
Filed by In Ovation LLC, Vadnais Heights, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,698.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,513, filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392888 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 5/28 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 5/28 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firearm action mechanism comprising:
a barrel comprising an internal cavity;
a bolt assembly arranged to move along a first axis;
a counterweight arranged to move along a second axis;
a connector engaged with the bolt assembly and with the counterweight; and
a gas block comprising a fluid passageway in fluid communication with the internal cavity, the fluid passageway comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion arranged to apply a first force to the bolt assembly in a first direction, the second portion arranged to apply a second force to the counterweight in a second direction;
wherein a direction of movement of the bolt assembly is different from a direction of movement of the counterweight.