US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on July 14 for "Attachable delivery devices and methods for attaching the attachable delivery device to a target" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,576, issued on July 14, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Attachable delivery devices and methods for attaching the attachable delivery device to a target" was invented by Kyle Oja (South Ogden, Utah), Duane J. Garbe (Mendon, Utah) and Justin Christensen (Tremonton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachable delivery device is configured to be carried by a delivery vehicle and to deploy a payload at a target. The attachable delivery device includes a base configured to house the payload. The attachable delivery device also includes at least one tape spring attached to the base. The at least o...