ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,905, issued on May 27, was assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).
"Monolithic two-axis flexure with center hole feature" was invented by Scott Balaban (Broomfield, Colo.) and Miroslaw A Ostaszewski (Louisville, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexure structures, assemblies incorporating flexure structures, and methods utilizing flexure structures to support objects are provided. A flexure structure as disclosed can be formed monolithically from a single piece of material, includes a center aperture to accommodate at least portions of other elements or structures, allows for rotation of a suppor...