US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 30 for "Target tracking apparatus and associated systems methods" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,308, issued on June 30, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Target tracking apparatus and associated systems methods" was invented by Steven Wright (Troy, Mo.), Les Palmer (St. Louis), Hunter Banks (St. Louis) and Andrew Willis (Festus, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target tracking apparatus includes a housing that defines an exterior surface and comprises an interior cavity, a distal opening, and an intermediate opening. The target tracking apparatus also includes a distal-end window attached to the housing over the distal opening and defining a distal end of the target tracking apparatus. The target tracking ap...