ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,382, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Multi-axis sector motor" was invented by Brian R. Pekarek (Fairview, Texas), Milton A. Woodall (Rowlett, Texas) and Jim Royalty (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis motor includes a first elongate magnet member disposed in a first orientation and a second elongate magnet member disposed in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation and mechanically coupled to the first elongate magnet member. The first elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a first axis of a fine axis structure. The second elongate magnet mem...