ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,499, issued on May 20, was assigned to Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. (Perth WA, Australia).
"Survey instrument" was invented by Christopher Pell (Atascadero, Calif.), Erik D. Gutterud (Grover Beach, Calif.), Cory Wilson (Atascadero, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Koplan (Atascadero, Calif.), Gregory W. Hollister (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Dennis Buckley (Paso Robles, Calif.) and Timothy M. Price (Templeton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor gimbal system employs one sensor gimbal on which a sensor is mounted. The sensor gimbal is configured to orient a sensitive axis of the sensor with respect to a survey instrum...