ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,671, issued on May 19, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Deployable reflector structures, deployable antenna structures, and associated components and methods" was invented by David Storm (Ventura, Calif.), John Anthony Alvarez (Oxnard, Calif.), Michael Beers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Nicholas Perez (Ventura, Calif.), Peter B. Laraway (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Stephen Rohweller (Ojai, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable reflector structure includes a base in a central portion of the deployable reflector structure. The deployable reflector structure further includes one or more arms co...