ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,370, issued on April 14, was assigned to Eagle Technology LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Cable-driven telescopic boom" was invented by Stephen Jenkins (Palm Bay, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable-driven telescopic boom with several boom segments repositionable between stowed positions and deployed positions. The boom includes multiple spaced apart and separate cables that engage pulleys connected to each boom segment. A drive system can be used to apply tension to the cables to reconfigure the boom from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/342,939.
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