US Patent Issued to True Velocity IP Holdings on March 18 for "Three-piece primer insert for polymer ammunition" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,347, issued on March 18, was assigned to True Velocity IP Holdings Inc. (Garland, Texas).

"Three-piece primer insert for polymer ammunition" was invented by Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, Texas) and Christopher William Overton (Wylie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides three piece primer insert for use in polymer ammunition comprising: an upper primer insert portion comprising an upper primer insert bottom portion, a substantially cylindrical coupling element extending away from the upper primer insert bottom portion; and an upper flash aperture that extends through the upper primer insert bottom portion...