US Patent Issued to Relativity Space on March 17 for "Methods and devices for alignment and joining large components" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,989, issued on March 17, was assigned to Relativity Space Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for alignment and joining large components" was invented by Jared Rogers (Long Beach, Calif.), Samuel Butler (Long Beach, Calif.), Elizabeth Barranco (Long Beach, Calif.), Adam Bermudez (Long Beach, Calif.), John Cummings (Long Beach, Calif.) and Collin Cain (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, and devices for fixturing and alignment of parts and panels for assembly into aerospace components, are provided. These methods and devices are designed for joining together several large part segments in...