US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on July 14 for "Muzzle brake assembly" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,777, issued on July 14, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Muzzle brake assembly" was invented by Matthew Kirk (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain) and Richard Peter Lewin (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a modular muzzle brake assembly for an artillery weapon or cannon. The modular muzzle brake assembly comprises a plurality of modules configured to be releasably coupled together to define a passage for a projectile such that, when the artillery weapon or cannon is fired, propellant gas urges the projectile to pass through the passage. The plurality of modules i...