ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,710, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).
"Self-propelled gun system" was invented by Richard Peter Lewin (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain) and Edward Elliott (Farnborough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled gun system (10) comprising a chassis (200) to which is mounted a gun barrel (300) having a gun barrel axis (302). The system also has a chassis suspension system (400) comprising a first wheel arm (402) extending away from the chassis (200) to a first wheel (404), the first wheel (404) being rotatably mounted on the first wheel arm (402), the first wheel (404) configured for eng...