US Patent Issued to True Velocity IP Holdings on March 18 for "Medium caliber polymer ammunition cartridge" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,343, issued on March 18, was assigned to True Velocity IP Holdings Inc. (Garland, Texas).

"Medium caliber polymer ammunition cartridge" was invented by Kenneth J. Overton (Princeton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium caliber polymer-based ammunition cartridge has an insert forming a base end and engaged to a polymer body forming an internal propellant chamber. The polymer body is engaged at its forward end to a polymer nose which has a shoulder that transitions directly into a projectile opening. The shoulder is inwardly radially thickened to increase lateral support about a medium caliber projectile loaded into the cart...