Trigger for a firearm and a firearm equipped therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11971233-B2
Application number	US-202017757446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	Dec 17, 2019
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

A trigger unit for a firearm, including a trigger bar that lies below the trigger axis. A trigger lever has a rear which accommodates at least one disconnector. A sear, rotatable about a sear axis can be biased by means of a sear spring. The hammer axis, the trigger axis and the sear axis are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to a transverse direction. The trigger lever has a recess and the sear is at least partially arranged within. The sear axis and the trigger axis coincide. The sear limits rotation of a disconnector joint formed on the underside of the disconnector; the bearing encloses the disconnector joint at least partially.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A trigger unit for a firearm, comprising:
a hammer that is rotatably mounted about a hammer axis, the hammer being biased by a hammer spring having a first arm and a second arm;
at least one disconnector;
a trigger lever including a trigger bar and a trigger rear, where the trigger lever is rotatably mounted about a trigger axis; where the trigger bar, when viewed in a normal direction, lies below the trigger axis, the trigger bar being actuated by a movement against a barrel direction; and the trigger rear being configured to accommodate the at least one disconnector;
a sear rotatably mounted about a sear axis, the sear being biased by a sear spring, where the sear is at least partially arranged in a recess defined by the trigger lever and has a bearing on an upper side for receiving a disconnector joint formed on an underside of the at least one disconnector, where the bearing at least partially encloses the disconnector joint in a direction of rotation about a disconnector axis, and limits rotation of the disconnector joint about the disconnector axis;
wherein the hammer axis, the trigger axis and the sear axis are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to a transverse direction; and
the sear axis and the trigger axis coincide.

2. The trigger unit of claim 1 , wherein the trigger bar is formed integrally with the trigger lever.

3. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a fire-control/safety selector that is held in a selectable position by a locking lever, where the locking lever includes a locking lever body that is biased by a locking lever spring; and
a limiter arranged in the trigger unit between the locking lever and the locking lever spring so that the limiter is rotatably mounted about a locking lever axis parallel to the transverse direction, and is also biased by the locking lever spring, so that the limiter limits a rotational movement of the locking lever around the locking lever axis.

4. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising a rocker lever having a first end and a second end, where the rocker lever is rotatably mounted around a rocker axis that, when considered in the barrel direction, is disposed in front of the trigger axis;
where the trigger lever has a rest position and three trigger stage positions, such that when the trigger lever is in the third trigger stage position:
the first end of the rocker lever is pressed downward by the sear, as viewed in the normal direction, and the rocker lever is thereby rotated about the rocker axis; and
the second end of the rocker lever protrudes upward, as viewed in the normal direction, and moves a finger of the at least one disconnector upward and around the disconnector axis.

5. The trigger unit of claim 4 , wherein the sear defines a sear opening for the second end of the rocker lever to extend through, where the sear opening is disposed in front of the disconnector axis, when viewed in the barrel direction.

6. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising an auto sear rotatably mounted about an auto sear axis and biased by the hammer spring, where the auto sear axis is disposed in front of the hammer axis, when viewed in the barrel direction.

7. The trigger unit of claim 6 , further comprising a spring seat for supporting the second arm of the hammer spring, wherein the spring seat is formed on the auto sear below the auto sear axis, when viewed in the normal direction.

8. The trigger unit of claim 7 , wherein the hammer spring is attached via the first arm of the hammer spring to a hammer spring support formed on the trigger lever, and is attached via the second arm of the hammer spring to the spring seat of the auto sear.

9. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising a hammer spring support for supporting the hammer spring formed on the trigger lever, when viewed in the transverse direction.

10. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising a disconnector spring for biasing the at least one disconnector about the disconnector axis, wherein the at least one disconnector defines a recess on the underside thereof, when viewed in the normal direction, where the recess is capable of at least partially accommodating the disconnector spring.

11. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising a disconnector spring for biasing the at least one disconnector about the disconnector axis, wherein the sear defines a spring recess on a side facing the at least one disconnector capable of at least partially accommodating the disconnector spring.

12. The trigger unit of claim 11 , wherein the spring recess is at least partially open when viewed laterally in the transverse direction.

13. The trigger unit of claim 12 , wherein the spring recess includes an outwardly sloping ramp, when viewed in the transverse direction.

14. The trigger unit of claim 1 , wherein the trigger lever has at least a rest position and a first trigger stage position, further comprising at least one spur formed on the trigger lever and extending forward from the trigger axis in the barrel direction, and a safety cam formed on the hammer in an area of the hammer axis, such that the at least one spur protrudes into a movement path of the safety cam of the hammer when the trigger lever is in either the rest position or the first trigger stage position.

15. The trigger unit of claim 1 , further comprising a rotary fire-control/safety selector that is rotatably mounted about an axis parallel to the transverse direction, wherein the trigger lever has a rest position and three trigger stage positions, further comprising a back end formed on the at least one disconnector such that when the trigger lever is in the second trigger stage position a stud of the rotary fire-control/safety selector is pressed downward on the back end of the at least one disconnector against the force of a disconnector spring for biasing the at least one disconnector about the disconnector axis.

16. The trigger unit of claim 1 , wherein the trigger unit is accommodated in a trigger housing.

17. The trigger unit of claim 16 , wherein the trigger unit is configured as a modular drop-in trigger unit.

18. A firearm, comprising:
a trigger unit including
at least one disconnector;
a hammer that is rotatably mounted about a hammer axis, the hammer being biased by a hammer spring having a first arm and a second arm;
a trigger lever including a trigger bar and a trigger rear, where the trigger lever is rotatably mounted about a trigger axis; where the trigger bar, when viewed in a normal direction, lies below the trigger axis, the trigger bar being actuated by a movement against a barrel direction; and the trigger rear being configured to accommodate the at least one disconnector;
a sear rotatably mounted about a sear axis, the sear being biased by a sear spring, where the sear is at least partially arranged in a recess defined by the trigger lever and has a bearing on an upper side for receiving a disconnector joint formed on an underside of the at least one disconnector, where the bearing at least partially encloses the disconnector joint in a direction of rotation about a disconnector axis, and limits rotation of the disconnector joint about the disconnector axis;
wherein the hammer axis, the trigger axis and the sear axis are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to a transverse direction; and
the sear axis and the trigger axis coincide.

Assignees

• Glock Tech Gmbh

Inventors

• Werdnig Andreas
• Wutte Andreas

Classifications

• F41A19/10

  Triggers; Trigger mountings · CPC title

• F41A19/14

  Hammers, i.e. pivotably-mounted striker elements; Hammer mountings · CPC title

• F41A17/74

  Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• F41A17/46

  Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement (F41A17/02 - F41A17/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• F41A19/02 Primary

  Burst limiters (F41A19/67 takes precedence) · CPC title