US Patent Issued to Sturm Ruger & Co. on Aug. 26 for "Fault tolerant electromagnetic safety system for firearms" (Connecticut, Texas, Arkansas, Idaho, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,968, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Sturm Ruger & Co. Inc..

"Fault tolerant electromagnetic safety system for firearms" was invented by Louis M. Galie (Leander, Texas), Robert Gilliom (Conway, Ark.), John Klebes (New Franken, Wis.), John M. French (Meridian, Idaho) and Gary Hamilton (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fault tolerant electromagnetic safety system for firearms comprises an electromagnetic actuator with movable rotating member operably interfaced with the firing mechanism. The actuator is controlled via a programmable microcontroller coupled to an electric power source onboard the firearm. A safet...