Patent ID: 9546838
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. A suppressor for use with a firearm configured to fire a round of ammunition including a projectile along a projectile path, the suppressor comprising: a porous diffusion matrix formed of sintered polymer to have an internal passage sized and shaped to receive the projectile through the porous diffusion matrix, the porous diffusion matrix having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface being in the internal passage, the sintered polymer forming pores opening at the interior surface and at the exterior surface and channels within the porous diffusion matrix placing at least some of the pores opening at the interior surface in fluid communication with the pores opening at the exterior surface; a muzzle connection cap operatively attached to the porous diffusion matrix, the muzzle connection cap being configured for mounting the porous diffusion matrix on a muzzle of the firearm such that the internal passage is aligned with the muzzle.