US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on Sept. 1 for "Self-propelled gun system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,833, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Self-propelled gun system" was invented by Richard Peter Lewin (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain) and Edward Elliott (Farnborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled gun system defining a recoil mitigation system comprises a chassis; a gun barrel and a chassis suspension system comprising a first wheel arm extending away from the chassis to a first wheel, the first wheel being rotatably mounted on the first wheel arm, the first wheel configured for engagement with a support surface. The first wheel arm and first wheel are configured to suppo...