US Patent Issued to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates on Aug. 4 for "System, method, and bracket assembly for a stable and repeatable spacecraft platform structure" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,102, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Corp. (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada).

"System, method, and bracket assembly for a stable and repeatable spacecraft platform structure" was invented by Samuel Donato (Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Canada), Sebastien Dame (Hudson, Canada) and Patrick Le Rossignol (Saint-Lazare, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and bracket assemblies for a stable and repeatable spacecraft platform structure are provided. The method includes: providing a plurality of panel interconnect (PIC) bracket assemblies for connecting first and second adjacent platform...