ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,969, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SIG SAUER INC. (Newington, N.H.).
"Handgun compensator" was invented by Sean P. Toner (Merrimack, N.H.), Luke Morenz (Dover, N.H.), Liam Taylor (Barrington, N.H.), Adrian Thomele (Stratham, N.H.) and Phillip Strader (Stratham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recoil compensator for a handgun defines a through opening along a central axis, the through opening including a threaded portion configured to threadably engage the threads on the distal end portion of the barrel. The recoil compensator further defines a port in a top wall and defines fastener openings each configured to receive a ta...