US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 26 for "Remote operated gun breech" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,972, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Remote operated gun breech" was invented by Matthew Thomas Buckler (Fredericksburg, Va.), Timothy Gerald Burcham (Fredericksburg, Va.), Yui Jean Clifford (Stafford, Va.), Thomas Klebert Houck Jr. (Woodford, Va.), Jonathan Edward Scroggins (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Annette Christine Straziuso (Fredericksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote operated mechanism is provided for raising and lowering a seal in a gun loader breech via a transfer gear. The mechanism includes a servo motor, a pinion, a c...