ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,040, issued on June 17, was assigned to Liberty Barrels Inc. (Estherville, Iowa).
"Ordnance disarming device" was invented by Steven R. Satern (Estherville, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ordnance disarming device in the form of a percussion active, non-electric disrupter has an outer barrel and an inner barrel extending through the outer barrel. A receiver/breech cap is threaded onto the forward end of the inner barrel. The receiver/breech cap has exhaust ports for expelling combustion gasses, so as to function as a muzzle brake. The receiver/breech cap automatically centers the inner barrel in the outer barrel, such that th...