US Patent Issued to Mission Systems Davenport on Sept. 22 for "Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element" (Florida, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,476, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Mission Systems Davenport Inc. (Davenport, Iowa).

"Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element" was invented by Don Blackman (Bradenton, Fla.) and Brian Ford (Bettendorf, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stored energy release comprises an actuatable member slidably received within a housing. The actuatable member has an extended orientation wherein a portion of the actuatable member extends outwardly from the housing and a retracted orientation wherein the actuatable member resides within the housing. A biasing member is located between the actuatable member and the housing ...