ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,539, issued on July 14, was assigned to AEREA S.p.A. (Turate, Italy).

"Gravitational and/or pneumatic restrain and release mechanism for an external airborne load" was invented by Luca Andrea Pernechele (Sesto San Giovanni, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanism for restraining and releasing an external airborne load through pneumatic ejection wherein the load supports are made hollow so as to form a tank for the compressed air. The load supports consist of monolithic metal bodies made using an additive manufacturing process."

The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/933,596.

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