ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,660, issued on Sept. 29.
"Motile tensile truss tendon static attachment" was invented by Thomas Patrick Moyer (Lagrangeville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Static tendon attachments for motile tensile truss appliances are described which are simultaneously economic and support full undiminished service lifespans. These attachments impose compliant tendon bending over a substantial curvature, wherein the bending of a tendon follows an in-plane changing direction aligned to a tendon paired non-static pulley or sheave attachment. Attachments for trusses which have platforms which move extensively in three dimensions are described...