US Patent Issued to Wilcox Industries on Feb. 10 for "Power and data interface for weapon accessory mounting rail" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,554, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp. (Newington, N.H.).

"Power and data interface for weapon accessory mounting rail" was invented by James W. Teetzel (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Elliott S. Turner (Newmarket, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for connecting a weapon-mounted accessory to a computer comprises a first data and power port configured to provide data and power transmission between the computer and the weapon-mounted accessory. The first data and power port is configured to detachably couple to a slot in a slot rail weapon interface. In a further aspect, one or more additional dat...