US Patent Issued to SureFire on July 1 for "Diverging central bore for firearm sound suppressor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,491, issued on July 1, was assigned to SureFire LLC (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

"Diverging central bore for firearm sound suppressor" was invented by Barry William Dueck (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Michael Scott Standen (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Eric Hung Leung Chow (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Ryan Steven Glasby (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Doug Lawrence Stefanski (Fountain valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods are provided for a front plate having a diverging central bore for firearm sound suppressors that improves noise and flash characteristics during firing a weapon. The central bore is disposed bet...