US Patent Issued to Orbit Fab on May 5 for "Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,556, issued on May 5, was assigned to Orbit Fab Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Alexander Deuitch (Westminster, Colo.), Srinivasan A. Suresh (Louisville, Colo.), Logan Fettes (Lafayette, Colo.) and James Cho (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative system includes a first coupler configured to be carried by a first space vehicle, and a first valve device carried by the first coupler. The system further includes a second coupler co...