US 12,130,106 B2
Suppressor
Blake Thomas Madigan, Benbrook, TX (US); and Matthew William Fuqua, Crowell, TX (US)
Filed by Blake Thomas Madigan, Benbrook, TX (US); and Matthew William Fuqua, Crowell, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,086.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,270, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163281 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. F41A 21/30 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 21/30 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baffle stack for a suppressor, comprising:
a plurality of baffles coupled along an axis,
wherein the plurality of baffles form an outer fluid path and an inner fluid path that are radially fluidly separate, wherein the outer fluid path comprises an outer fluid path inlet, which is also an outer fluid path outlet for the outer fluid path, such that gas that enters the outer fluid path only through the outer fluid path inlet also exits the outer fluid path only through the outer fluid path inlet, and exits the suppressor through the inner fluid path, wherein no fluid exits the baffle stack except through either the inner fluid path or a blast chamber of the baffle stack at an attachment end of the suppressor and comprising a chamber comingling the inner fluid path and the outer fluid path adjacent to a barrel of a firearm and attachable to the barrel of the firearm,
wherein the plurality of baffles comprises:
a first vented baffle comprising a first inner wall spanning axially between a first inner wall forward edge and a first inner wall aft edge, and a first outer wall spanning axially between a first outer wall forward edge and a first outer wall aft edge, wherein the first vented baffle further comprises a first shoulder spanning radially between the first inner wall and the first outer wall; and
a second vented baffle comprising a second inner wall spanning axially between a second inner wall forward edge and a second inner wall aft edge, and a second outer wall spanning axially between a second outer wall forward edge and a second outer wall aft edge, wherein the second vented baffle further comprises a second shoulder spanning radially between the second inner wall and the second outer wall,
wherein the second inner wall aft edge couples to the first inner wall forward edge, such that the first inner wall and the second inner wall form an inner wall of the baffle stack that at least partially surrounds and defines the inner fluid path about the axis, and
wherein the second outer wall aft edge couples to the first outer wall forward edge, such that the first outer wall and the second outer wall form an outer wall of the baffle stack, wherein the outer fluid path is at least partially defined radially outwardly by the outer wall of the baffle stack and radially inwardly by the inner wall of the baffle stack.