US Patent Issued to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army on May 12 for "Reduced weapon system blowback" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,910, issued on May 12, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Reduced weapon system blowback" was invented by Adam L. Foltz (Long Valley, N.J.), Francis J. Battersby (Ringwood, N.J.) and Michael W. Brown (Long Valley, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reloading firearm featuring a mechanism to reduce the blowback of toxic propellant gasses towards the warfighter. The reloading assembly acts in plural segments to increase the firing chamber-closed dwell time, while limiting adverse impact to the overall nominal rate of fire. Greater dwell time corresponds with reduced...