US Patent Issued to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE on Jan. 20 for "Dynamic morphing support mechanism, and a deployable and stowable structure that incorporates the mechanism" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,395, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corp. (Savannah, Ga.).

"Dynamic morphing support mechanism, and a deployable and stowable structure that incorporates the mechanism" was invented by Johnny Ferguson (Savannah, Ga.) and Andrew Gillen (Savannah, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A morphable support mechanism for a load-bearing support structure includes a first chain assembly, a second chain assembly, and working surface subcomponents coupled to the first chain assembly. Links in the first chain assembly have inward-facing structural features, and links in the second chain assembly have inward-facing structu...