US Patent Issued to Elbit Systems of America on March 17 for "Weapon system control handle gauge shaft" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,170, issued on March 17, was assigned to Elbit Systems of America LLC (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Weapon system control handle gauge shaft" was invented by Robert C. Knabe Jr. (Boynton Beach, Fla.), Juan Sosa Cruz (Boynton Beach, Fla.), Hua Yang (Lake Worth, Fla.) and John O. Weber II (Deerfield Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The devices and systems disclosed herein improve on existing weapon system control handles, by replacing complicated spring and cam components with a gauge shaft. The use of a gauge shaft eliminates unnecessary part-complexity and extra assembly labor. The use of a gauge shaft increases operational respon...