Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expansion barrel nut systems and methods for attaching a handguard to an upper receiver of a firearm
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Application No.: US15350623Application Date: 2016-11-14
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Publication No.: US10066897B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Paul Sukho Hwang , John J. Hwang , Richard Brady Olsen , Ronald Joseph Hertel
- Applicant: Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Kent
- Assignee: Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Kent
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Main IPC: F41A21/18
- IPC: F41A21/18 ; F41C23/16 ; F41A21/48 ; F41A3/66 ; F41A5/26 ; F41A35/00

Abstract:
A barrel nut assembly for a firearm is disclosed. The barrel nut assembly may include a barrel nut comprising a plurality of expansion flanges. The barrel nut assembly also may include an expansion plug comprising an expansion surface. The expansion surface may be configured to abut and expand the plurality of expansion flanges when the expansion plug is attached to the barrel nut.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170199006A1 EXPANSION BARREL NUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING A HANDGUARD TO AN UPPER RECEIVER OF A FIREARM Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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