US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Jan. 13 for "Optical platform with translation and rotation" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,761, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Optical platform with translation and rotation" was invented by Michael J. Pero (King George, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform is provided for aligning and securing an instrument, and being attachable to a mount stand. The platform angularly aligns plural independent and parallel rotations separated by linear offset. The platform includes first and second plates, first and second disks and a translational interface. The first plate attaches to the mount stand. The first disk is disposed onto th...