ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,558, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"3-axis tunable metal isolator" was invented by Albert R. Jordan III (Tucson, Ariz.), Peter H. Vo (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Brian B. Greer (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolator including a body having a wall with slots that extend through a thickness of the wall from an isolator exterior to an isolator interior; the isolator comprising a center of elasticity; the slots having a cut angle oriented as angled relative to a radial direction orthogonal with an axis of the isolator; and a damping material disposed within at least one of the slots."
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