US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on Nov. 11 for "Retaining and releasing device and assembly for spacecraft" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,583, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space S.A. (Madrid).

"Retaining and releasing device and assembly for spacecraft" was invented by Fernando Jose Cespedosa Castan (Madrid) and Jose Luis Mora Plaza (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining and releasing device for spaceships retains and releases a body to/from a support structure. A releasing bolt keeps the releasable body and the support structure connected in a position for locking the retaining and releasing device. A locking device for locking the releasing bolt in the support structure has a case and a segmented ring. The case is movable axially ...