ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,797, issued on March 11, was assigned to Eck Fabrication LLC (Kingman, Kan.).
"Cooling device for a gun barrel" was invented by Ethan Eck (Kingman, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for a gun barrel has a muzzle assembly. The muzzle assembly has a shaft, a baffle, a turbine assembly, a compressor assembly, and a rotary drive tube. The rotary drive tube connects the turbine assembly to the compressor assembly. A heat exchanger may be releasably connected to the cooling device. A diffuser or muzzle device may be arranged downstream of the turbine assembly."
The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2024, under Application N...