ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,219, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RAYTHEON CANADA Ltd. (Ottawa).
"Auto locking turret" was invented by John Maxwell Connolly (Seguin, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turret is configured to adjust a position of an alignment stage coupled to the turret. The turret can include an adjustment knob configured to be actuatable in a plurality of adjustment directions to adjust the position of the alignment stage. The turret can further include a lock configured to prevent movement of the adjustment knob in the plurality of adjustment directions. The adjustment knob can be configured to be actuatable to transition the adjustm...