US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Nov. 11 for "Cartridges for recoil management of shoulder fired weapons" (Arizona, Florida, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,703, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Cartridges for recoil management of shoulder fired weapons" was invented by Roger C. Esplin (Marana, Ariz.), Daniel Kenneth Johnson (Golden, Colo.), Morgan J. Bakarich (Tucson, Ariz.), Saeed Adil Merza (Palmetto, Fla.), Gary Leonard Abrams (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Cody Alan Jensen (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge (20) has a cartridge case (22) extending along an axis (500) from a base (104) to a mouth (102) and having an interior. A projectile (24) is mounted in the case. A propellant (26) is contained within the case. The propellant has a...