US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on March 18 for "Support structure for manufacturing a pressure vessel" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,212, issued on March 18, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Support structure for manufacturing a pressure vessel" was invented by Andrew Sadler (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain), Alan Phizacklea (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain), Anthony Craig Robinson (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain), James William Spain (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain) and Adam William Rawlinson (Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support structure for manufacturing a pressure vessel, the support structure configured to be carried on a supporting substrate, the support structure comprising a first segment support struc...