ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,521, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CAES Systems LLC (Arlington, Va.).
"Flexure assembly" was invented by Christopher Newell (Merrimack, N.H.) and Bruce Edward Kaczmarek (Largo, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexure assembly includes a first spiral flexure, a second spiral flexure, and a spacing element. The spacing element is positioned between the first spiral flexure and the second spiral flexure. The flexure assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners that collectively extend circumferentially around an axis defined by the flexure assembly. Each of the plurality of fasteners extends through the first spiral flexur...