US Patent Issued to RAYTHEON CANADA on Sept. 9 for "Wire/ring secondary retention system for optical and other members" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,301, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to RAYTHEON CANADA Ltd. (Ottawa).

"Wire/ring secondary retention system for optical and other members" was invented by Peter Rozitis (Midland, Canada) and Anthony De Aguiar (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for retaining an optical member about a mount can comprise a mount, an optical member having a first end and a second end, a primary retention system operable to secure the second end of the optical member to the mount, and a secondary retention system operable to secure the second end of the optical member to the mount. The secondary retention system can comprise a mount retenti...