ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,693, issued on July 28, was assigned to Eagle Technology LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Systems and methods for providing a truss structure" was invented by Michael Freestone (Moss Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing a truss structure. The methods comprise: increasing a distance between a first end fitting coupled to a first node and a second end fitting coupled to a second node by actuating a flexure member to cause cup member of first end fitting to move in a first direction toward the first node; inserting a tube between the first and second end fittings; receiving a first end of the tube in an ...