ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,520, issued on July 8.
"Magazine ammunition rounds detection and alert module" was invented by Tom Minnis (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Dennis Jump (Crossville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module for detecting and notifying of the presence of ammunition in an ammunition magazine is provided, comprising a spring and a follower for containing and advancing ammunition within the magazine. A printed circuit board having electronics mounted thereon is mounted in a handle of a gun and includes a central processing unit with access to memory having executable instruction data thereon, at least one motion sensor for sensing motion of the...