ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,171, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to General Atomics (San Diego).
"Wing deployment device" was invented by Aaron Timothy Julian (Elkmont, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for wing deployment by aerial objects are described. According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure, wing deployment systems (e.g., wing deployment devices, wing deployment mechanisms, etc.) may provide a means to stow a pair of wings in or on (e.g., under) an aircraft body in a stacked, or overlapped, position. Further, wing deployment systems may be configured to deploy the stowed wings to a desired sweep angle...