ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,885, issued on May 13, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Shock isolator with flexures and stop mechanism" was invented by Peter H. Vo (Tucson, Ariz.), Roger C. Esplin (Tucson, Ariz.), Richard O. Beaman (Tucson, Ariz.), Brandon Craig Barclay (Tucson, Ariz.), Michael Klensin (Tucson, Ariz.) and James Paul Henderson (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock isolator includes slots in inner and outer parts that define flexures between the parts. The slots may include inner slots and outer slots that are offset from each other around a perimeter of the inner part. The shock isolator also includes stops that provi...