US Patent Issued to Nobles Worldwide on Sept. 8 for "Linkless ammunition handling system" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,922, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Nobles Worldwide Inc. (St. Croix Falls, Wis.).

"Linkless ammunition handling system" was invented by David S. Carlson (Chisago City, Minn.), Vincent R. Virga (Lindstrom, Minn.), Joseph G. Virga (Lindstrom, Minn.), Jacob S. Dubose (Forest Lake, Minn.), Thomas H. Thoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.) and Joshua J. Smith (Turtle Lake, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linkless ammunition handling system for a medium caliber weapon has a first magazine configured to store a plurality of individual ammunition rounds. The first magazine conveys ammunition rounds to a first magazine interface unit. The fir...