ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,597, issued on Aug. 12.
"Gimbal assembly" was invented by Mark E. Rosheim (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gimbal of the present disclosure includes an outer yoke and an inner yoke coaxially mounted with respect to a Z axis. A first bearing assembly is held by the outer yoke and rotatable about an X axis. A second bearing assembly is held by the inner yoke and rotatable about a Y axis. The first and second bearing assemblies are coupled to each other by a mechanical interface rotatably connected to both the first and the second bearing assemblies. The inner yoke is rotatable about the Z axis with respect to the oute...