US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Dec. 16 for "Articulating spacecraft chassis" (Florida, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,195, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Articulating spacecraft chassis" was invented by Christian T. Conkle (Pensacola, Fla.), Robert A. Bettinger (Oakwood, Ohio) and Philip D. Smith (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to articulating spacecraft chassis and methods of making and using same. The present invention relates to spacecraft chassis and methods of making and using same. Such spacecraft chassis have a dynamic movement capability that allows the spacecraft to alter its structure ...