US Patent Issued on Nov. 25 for "Propulsive landing rocket landing leg system, and methods of making and using the same" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,605, issued on Nov. 25.

"Propulsive landing rocket landing leg system, and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Arist Balaj (Danbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments described herein provide a propulsive landing rocket landing leg system that provides for a high probability of a successful landing across wide stress and flow regimes due to the mechanism's ability to be implemented across a variety of compact and aerodynamic landing leg geometries. It provides for the ability to control unfolding speed for increased stabilization and removes unfolding dependence on the assistance of the gravitatio...