ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,442, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 03312004 LLC (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Rifle with tapered interfaces" was invented by Thomas Afshari (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rifle with tapered interfaces has a receiver, a barrel extension connected to the receiver at a first interface, a barrel connected to the barrel extension at a second interface, a barrel nut element connected to the barrel extension at a third interface and to the barrel at a fourth interface, and at least two of the first, second, third, and fourth interfaces being tapered interfaces. The tapered interfaces may be stably tapered such that a wedging e...