US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Sept. 30 for "Nonfragmentation munition" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,317, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Nonfragmentation munition" was invented by Luke Hardy (USAFA, Colo.), Michael Anderson (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Bradley Bitting (USAFA, Colo.), Trinity Good (USAFA, Colo.), Anthony Neil (USAFA, Colo.) and Orval Powell (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radially firing munition defining a longitudinal axis and comprising a nonfragmenatary hollow collar having an inner surface and an outer surface opposed thereto with a first plurality of ports extending therebetween...