ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,108, issued on June 24, was assigned to Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (Suedheide, Germany).
"Sabot" was invented by Konstantin Arzt (Adelheidsdorf, Germany), Michael Gowin (Hermannsburg, Germany) and Ulrich Keller (UnterluB, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sabot (1) which comprises multiple sabot segments (1.1, 1.2, 1.3). The sabot (1) or the sabot segments (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) are characterized by having a structural design at an end (10) opposite the shooting direction such that a low degree of flexural rigidity is achieved at said end (10). A sabot (1) with three sabot segments (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) is pre...