US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on July 7 for "Annular support structure" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,615, issued on July 7, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Annular support structure" was invented by Michael David Johnson (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annular support structure may support a cargo spacecraft having a service module and a cargo module. The cargo module of the cargo spacecraft is positioned along the launch vehicle axis in a direction distal from the support structure, and at least a portion of the service module of the cargo spacecraft positioned within an annulus of the support structure."

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/589,037.

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