US Patent Issued to ILC Dover, Sierra Space on Feb. 24 for "Bracket fixture for space habitat" (Colorado, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,261, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ILC Dover LP (Frederica, Del.) and Sierra Space Corp. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Bracket fixture for space habitat" was invented by Grant Robert Woods (Littleton, Colo.), Jeffrey S. Hickerson (Erie, Colo.) and Charles Ralph Sandy (Camden, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems are described for a bracket fixture for securing a load to a soft goods layer in a space habitat. The bracket fixture includes a base having a plurality of sides, the plurality of sides having a pin parallel to its respective side, and an aperture between the pin and the respective side. The bracket ...