US Patent Issued to Raytheon on May 19 for "Air gun shock test apparatus" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,517, issued on May 19, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Air gun shock test apparatus" was invented by Peter H. Vo (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Michael Klensin (Tucson, Ariz.), Roger C. Esplin (Marana, Ariz.), Steven Alejandro Elmer (Tucson, Ariz.) and James Paul Henderson (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test assembly and method for performing a shock test of an article includes a pneumatic gun assembly, a Hopkinson bar assembly, a magnetic catch, and a support assembly. The support assembly suspends the article in alignment with the magnetic catch. The magnetic catch retains the article against the Hopkinson bar...