ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,469, issued on July 22, was assigned to HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Double N-hedron sensor cluster" was invented by Logan D. Sorenson (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Patrick J. Webb (Sacramento, Calif.), Matthew J. Pelliccione (Santa Monica, Calif.), David T. Chang (Calabasas, Calif.) and Raviv Perahia (Agoura Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor cluster is disclosed comprising a first plurality of side surfaces of a first N-hedron structure, and a second plurality of side surfaces of a second N-hedron structure. A first plurality of a first type of sensor are mounted on the first plurality of side surfaces, and...