ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,007, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. (Chatsworth, Calif.).
"Removable coupling systems for rotating sensors" was invented by Alexander Zuleta (Creedmoor, N.C.) and Pete Tola Jr. (Creedmoor, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Removable sensor coupling systems and methods are provided. The system may include a spring-loaded reel having a reel shaft that may be removably coupled to the sensor shaft of a rotating sensor. The sensor may be configured to measure an amount of rotation of the sensor shaft responsive to rotation of the spring-loaded reel via the reel shaft. The reel shaft may have a lu...