US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 24 for "Ammunition feed belt linkage bracket" (Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,704, issued on March 24, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Ammunition feed belt linkage bracket" was invented by Carl Emmett Hager IV (California, Md.), Shawn E. Allen (King George, Va.), Matthew D. Lehr (King George, Va.) and George Arthur Anderson (Stafford, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guidance tab is provided for separating a cartridge round at its base from an aft linkage bracket within an ammunition chain. The tab includes a plate, a pair of legs and a pair of feet, and is composed of polyamide-imide. The plate has an obverse surface for engaging th...