US Patent Issued to Capewell Aerial Systems on Aug. 4 for "Mid-air release module assembly" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,127, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Capewell Aerial Systems LLC (South Windsor, Conn.).

"Mid-air release module assembly" was invented by Mark H. Lavender (South Windsor, Conn.), Adam J. Fitzgerald (South Windsor, Conn.), John Derewianka (South Windsor, Conn.) and Peter Carlisi (South Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mid-air release module uses one or more bias members to move a ram connected to one or more cables to release at least one releasable coupling connecting cargo to an air cargo platform. The ram is held in a cocked position by a release lever held in a first position by a trigger until the occurrence of a...