US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Oct. 6 for "Articulated head and actuation system for a missile" (Ohio, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,999, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Articulated head and actuation system for a missile" was invented by Richard Beblo (Oakwood, Ohio), Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez (Dayton, Ohio), Mackenzie Tidball (Beavercreek, Ohio), Gregory Reich (Bellbrook, Ohio) and Benjamin Dickinson (Destin, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a missile having a main body and an articulating nosecone connected to the main body. An actuation system is operable for moving the nosecone relative to the main body via one or more e...