ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,379, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Quick-mount warning receiver" was invented by Sean D. Keller (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warning receiver can be detachably mounted on the inside of a window of a manned platform to detect RF or RF and laser threats and to provide visual or audio warnings to the human occupant. The warning receiver is fully self-contained and independent of any systems on the manned platform. In different packaging configurations, the receiver can be manually rotated to better visualize the threat and/or the receiver's human-machine interface (HMIF) can be man...