ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,592, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to FN HERSTAL S.A. (Herstal, Belgium).
"Electrical priming of a firearm primer" was invented by Guillaume Pont (Couthuin, Belgium), Benjamin Istaz (Jeneffe, Belgium), Hugues Libotte (Jalhay, Belgium), Patrick Heins (Tilff, Belgium), Bernard Baps (Couthuin, Belgium) and Romain Santus (Antheit, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a primer for a personal firearm. The primer includes a primer cup including a cylindrical side wall closed at one outer end by a bottom; a pyrotechnic charge placed in the primer cup; an electrical component suitable for producing the th...