ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,340, issued on March 18, was assigned to True Velocity IP Holdings Inc. (Garland, Texas).
"Thermal tipped penetrator bullet" was invented by Harold F. Beal (University Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A penetrating bullet, for use in an ammunition cartridge, has a jacket defining an internal volume and forming a closed base end opposite a nose end. A penetrator shaft is enclosed within the jacket and extends from the internal surface of the closed base end toward the nose end. Substantially filling the remainder of the internal volume is a core. The core is formed of two distinct regions, with a first stable region formed ...