ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,241, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Isolator assembly with adjustable preload for damping air load forces" was invented by James David Terry (Wichita, Kan.), Richard Charles Jensen (Goddard, Kan.) and Jason Matthew Wilson (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolator assembly is configured for damping vibrations of a sensor deployed outside of an aircraft. The isolator assembly includes a platform configured for mechanically supporting the sensor, a lift mechanism configured to raise and lower the platform for stowing the sensor inside the aircraft and deploying the sensor...