Raytheon Company

Zachary M Gaubert

John Richard Staley, Iii

Jerry D Short

Loren W Rapoport

John R Staley Iii

An apparatus () includes a housing () configured to couple the apparatus to a weapon mount () and to secure one or more gas springs (). The one or more gas springs are configured to provide one or more forces. The apparatus also includes one or more wire ropes (), where each wire rope is fixed at a first end to the weapon mount and has a hook at a second end. The apparatus further includes one or more guides () configured to guide the one or more wire ropes. In addition, the apparatus includes one or more bearings () configured to facilitate movement of the one or more wire ropes. The one or more wire ropes are configured to couple movement of the one or more gas springs to a tensile force on a front portion of the weapon mount or a weapon () so as to counter-balance a weight of the weapon in the weapon mount.

Apparatus for enhanced counterbalancing of weapon mount

Methods and apparatus for a battery backup system having a docking connector with reserve battery cells to power a device when a main battery is not present during battery swap out or depletion. In one embodiment, the reserve batteries are high discharge rate batteries to provide power to the device.

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Dallas, TX, United States of America

Zachary M Gaubert