ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,936, issued on Oct. 6.

"System for a satellite, carrier panel and satellite" was invented by Thomas Sinn (Germering, Germany), Antonio Pedivellano (Germering, Germany), Joram Mathias Gruber (Germering, Germany), Guillem Quintana Buil (Germering, Germany) and Laura Katharina Schmitz (Germering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for a satellite, the system including a carrier panel and a tensioning device, the tensioning device being switchable from a holding state, in which it holds the carrier panel in a transportation pose, to a release state, in which it permits movement of the carrier panel from the trans...