ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,888, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Attalon Inc. (Bloomfield, Conn.).
"Articulating dome gimbal assembly" was invented by Blaise J. Canzian (Murrysville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dome protects an articulating gimbal that orients a line-of-sight of a laser beam. The dome is mounted on a host and encloses the articulating gimbal. The dome has first and second shells. The first shell is rotatable about a first axis relative to the host, and the second shell is disposed on the first shell and is rotatable about a second axis relative to the first shell. A first actuator is coupled to the first shell and is configured to rot...