US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 19 for "Laser alignment sensor" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,486, issued on May 19, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Laser alignment sensor" was invented by David W. Newton (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Jeremiah E. Lange (King George, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alignment sensor is provided for a laser system that emits a coherent beam. The sensor includes a dispersing prism, a focal plane array detector, a processor, and a transform lens. The dispersing prism receives the beam for deflection and wavelength separation as transmission into a plurality of dispersion beams. The transform lens focuses the plurality of dis...