MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341054619 A) filed by Lokesh Machines Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Feb. 14, 2024, for 'conversion of riveted receiver body of lmg, mmg to welded monolithic receiver body.'

Inventor(s) include Mullapudi Srinivas.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention system relates to a welded split receiver body manufacturing system for LMG, GPMG, and MMG firearms, improving material efficiency and structural integrity. The system (100) includes a split receiver body (1) formed from rolled flat receiver plates (2), divided...