US Patent Issued to WHG PROPERTIES on June 16 for "Cam race for firearm" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,072, issued on June 16, was assigned to WHG PROPERTIES LLC (North Wales, Pa.).

"Cam race for firearm" was invented by William H. Geissele (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam race comprising a hardened material (harder than a material of an upper receiver) is provided to increase durability of a firearm. The cam race is fit within a groove within an interior sidewall of an upper receiver of the firearm. The cam race comprises a body that is fit within the groove, and a plurality of fastener pins extending away from a rear face of the body that fit within corresponding through-holes of the upper receiver. Distal en...