US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on April 14 for "Multiple hold down and release device and method for releasing a payload from a spacecraft" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,500, issued on April 14, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space S.A. (Getafe, Spain).

"Multiple hold down and release device and method for releasing a payload from a spacecraft" was invented by Jose Luis Mora Plaza (Getafe, Spain) and Eugenio Alberto Grande Saez (Getafe, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple hold down and release device for restraining and releasing a payload from a spacecraft performs methods to release a payload from a spacecraft and install a multiple hold down and release device. At a periphery, the device includes hold-down assemblies. Each assembly has a hold-down bracket configured to attach to t...