ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,627, issued on March 18, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Quick-mount laser warning receiver" was invented by Sean D. Keller (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser warning receiver that can be detachably mounted on the inside of a window of a manned platform to detect laser threats within its field-of-view (FOV) and to provide visual or audio warnings to the human occupant. The LWR is fully self-contained and independent of any systems on the manned platform. In different packaging configurations, the receiver's FOV can be manually rotated to better visualize the threat and/or the receiver's human-machi...