US Patent Issued to Wilcox Industries on Sept. 23 for "Battery pack adapter assembly for powered weapon accessory rail interface" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,225, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp. (Newington, N.H.).

"Battery pack adapter assembly for powered weapon accessory rail interface" was invented by James W. Teetzel (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Elliott S. Turner (Newmarket, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack adapter and method for mounting battery pack to a weapon are provided. The battery pack adapter is detachable coupled to a powered rail system of a weapon such as a rifle or other firearm, the battery pack adapter for powering one or more weapon accessory devices on the powered rail system. In preferred embodiments, the battery pack adapter ...