ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,179, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to CHD HOLDINGS LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Modular delinker for machine gun" was invented by Kristopher Lee Paulson (Hendersonville, Tenn.) and Matthew Steinhauser (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine gun (e.g., a minigun) is provided with a modular delinker. The front of the delinker (i.e., nose) can be removed from the main body of the delinker without tools. The paddle wheel in the main body includes a front paddle wheel and a rear paddle wheel. The front paddle wheel is removable from the main body with the nose, and the rear paddle wheel remains within the main body on a drive...