ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,750, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"Visual safe indicator for interruption of power to fuze systems and methods" was invented by Matthew Titensor (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods directed to a visual safe indicator (VSI) for mechanical interruption of power to a fuze are provided. A VSI includes a circuit board including a pair of contact pads, a shaft configured to rotate about an axis, a visual indicator wheel coupled to rotate with the shaft, and a pair of spring contacts coupled to the visual indicator wheel, or any combination thereof. Rotat...