US Patent 9347727 Automatic weapon suppressor

A suppressor for rapid fire weapons designed to rapidly bleed down the weapon pressure and thereby minimizing gas blowback to the operator and to the weapon's gas operating system; while also creating a shear gas flow about the exiting bullet's gas flow to mask the flash thereof. The suppressor is configured within a generally cylindrical housing, having: (1) a central core of unported K-baffles located about a central bulletway; (2) a bypass located between the cylindrical housing and the unported K-baffled central core—providing a generally forward subsonic high gas flow area to an endcap closing the cylindrical housing; (3) said endcap having a series of vent ports for the bypass, which also create a shear flow about the centrally exiting bullet; and (4) wherein the series of unported K-baffles are spaced away from the weapon's bore end to allow the propellant gasses to expand into the bypass.