ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,197, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SHENYANG JIDONG TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shenyang, China).

"Differential-speed target precise docking and recovery system" was invented by Jun Jiang (Shenyang, China) and Xuezhu Wang (Shenyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential-speed target precise docking and recovery system includes a braking and guiding system, a guiding arm, a control system, and an impact load isolation means. The braking and guiding system is configured to reduce target energy and includes a braking device and a docking device that is connected to the braking device. The impact load isolation means releases...