ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,165, issued on April 29, was assigned to SIG SAUER INC. (Newington, N.H.).
"Extractor for an autoloading firearm" was invented by Lucas P. Gagne (Dover, N.H.), Aaron C Sakash (Somersworth, N.H.), Bryan C. Dustin (Strafford, N.H.) and David L. Steimke (Epping, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an extractor for an autoloading firearm, the extractor having an extractor body extending a proximal end portion to a distal end portion. A knuckle is between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion and defines a pin opening extending crosswise through the extractor, where the pin opening has an elongated shape. During ...