US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 18 for "Jig for assembly of segments into a ring geometry" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,193, issued on March 18, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Jig for assembly of segments into a ring geometry" was invented by William A Visser (West Warwick, R.I.), Ian M Doyle (Newport, R.I.) and David C Ponte (Exeter, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig for assembly of a segmented ring comprises an inner hub, an outer housing, a base, and a top cap defining a ring-shaped channel therebetween. Springs disposed about a perimeter of the inner hub face the outer housing within the ring-shaped channel. Through holes in the outer housing receive dowels projecting radially in...