ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,942, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HIPERFORMANCE LLC (New Century, Kan.).
"Suppressor for a firearm" was invented by Bradford Whittam Riley (Paola, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suppressor for a firearm has a body defining an internal volume, a baffle in the body and defining a baffle aperture on a bore axis, a piston element including a mount facility configured for connection to the barrel, the piston element defining a piston bore registered with the bore axis, and the piston element operable to reciprocate with respect to the body along the bore axis between a rest position in which the piston element contacts the baff...