US 12,007,189 B2
Handgun slide with integral compensator
Sean P. Toner, Merrimack, NH (US); Phillip H. Strader, Stratham, NH (US); Dan M. Hochberg, Epping, NH (US); and Luke E. Morenz, Dover, NH (US)
Assigned to Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US)
Filed by Sig Sauer, Inc., Newington, NH (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,804.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/358,665, filed on Jul. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0011730 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F41A 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 21/36 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slide for a semiautomatic handgun, the slide comprising:
a top portion extending along a central axis;
side portions connected to and extending downward from the top portion;
a distal end connected to the top portion and side portions, the distal end defining a distal opening;
wherein the slide defines an open region between the side portions and the top portion, the open region sized and configured to receive a barrel of the semiautomatic handgun so that a muzzle end of the barrel is spaced axially from the distal end of the slide;
wherein the open region includes inclined top and bottom surfaces adjacent the muzzle end of the barrel to be received in the open region, the inclined top and bottom surfaces defining a barrel passageway in the distal end portion of the slide, wherein the barrel passageway is inclined at an angle from 5 to 30 degrees with respect to the central axis; and
wherein a distal end portion of the slide defines one or more ports in the top portion, the one or more ports positioned between the distal end of the slide and the muzzle end of the barrel to be received in the open region, the one or more ports configured to vent a portion of gases exiting the barrel upon firing the handgun.