US 12,111,141 B2
Ammunition belt link
Joshua Matthew Stubbs, Crewe (GB); and Nathan William Rowe, Crewe (GB)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/005,413
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS plc, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/051759
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/013530, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20275118 (EP), filed on Jul. 16, 2020; and application No. 2010963.3 (GB), filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258441 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F42B 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 39/087 (2013.01) [F42B 39/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire ammunition belt link comprising:
a unitary continuous piece of sprung wire, said unitary continuous piece of sprung wire arranged to form
a first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge,
a second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge,
a spacer between said first receiving and second receiving portions, and
an ammunition cartridge locator aide, said locator aid locates in an ejector groove of a received cartridge; and
a support surface arranged within the first receiving portion or the second receiving portion, wherein the first receiving portion or the second receiving portion comprises a first arm and a second arm spaced from the first arm along a first direction, and wherein the support surface extends an entire distance between the first arm and the second arm along the first direction,
wherein the sprung wire forms a frame abutting outer edges of the support surface.