US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Oct. 20 for "Switching mechanism for a multi-spectral laser transmitter" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,089, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Switching mechanism for a multi-spectral laser transmitter" was invented by Evan Haynes (McKinney, Texas), Kyle Douglas Weichman (Mckinney, Texas) and Jeffrey L. Sabala (Northridge, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An modular optical switching system and switching mechanism for a multispectral laser transmitter are provided. The system includes a modular housing; a moveable carrier connected to and disposed within the modular housing; a first optical member supported by the moveable carrier; and a second optical member supported by the moveable carrier. The ...