ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,409, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Rocket thrust structure assembly, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Robert Allen Davey (Seattle), James A. DeLand (Selah, Wash.), Barry Theophile Cooke (Black Diamond, Wash.), Michael D. Richardson (Mukilteo, Wash.), Christopher C. Hamlet (Titusville, Fla.), Max L. Mayfield (Rockledge, Fla.), Joseph J. McGahhey (Des Moines, Wash.), Dario I. Valenzuela (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Gavin R. Ryan (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerospace systems, and systems and methods for assembling an aerospace system or ano...