ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,584, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to EXOLAUNCH GmbH (Berlin).
"Ejection unit" was invented by Dmitriy Sternharz (Berlin), Peter Schwarz (Salzburg, Austria), Johannes Gruber (Salzburg, Austria), Peter Wimmer (Pfarrwerfen, Austria), Sergey Polyak (Berlin) and Denis Bederov (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejection unit for a satellite comprises a housing which is closed by a door and in which a guide for the satellite is provided. The guide comprises angled rails and a clamping apparatus to fixedly clamp the satellite by means of a clamping mechanism."
The patent was filed on March 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/845,677...