ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,000, issued on June 24, was assigned to AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Spacecraft comprising an electrical device and an orientation system for said electrical device" was invented by Bernard Deltour (Toulouse, France) and Gilles Pupille (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacecraft is disclosed including a frame, an electrical device powered and/or controlled by electrical cables, and a system for orienting the electrical device, which orientation system includes at least two rotary actuators with non-parallel axes (trianglea, triangleb), a junction part between the two rotary actuators, one or mor...