US Patent Issued to Redwire Space on March 17 for "Distributed drive systems and methods of use thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,998, issued on March 17, was assigned to Redwire Space Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Distributed drive systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by William Brandon Kirkland (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Michael Snyder (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides distributed drive systems and methods of use thereof. A distributed drive system may comprise one or more coils, one or more magnets, and at least one tread. A method for a distributed drive system may comprise the utilization of a plurality of voltage phases. The coils may comprise conductive wiring wrapped in a predefined form. In som...