US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on Oct. 28 for "Stud-propelling mechanisms for securing a launch vehicle to a landing platform, and associated systems and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,373, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Stud-propelling mechanisms for securing a launch vehicle to a landing platform, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Brian Riordan (Kent, Wash.), Shane Draney (Maple Valley, Wash.), Rory Arp (Auburn, Wash.) and Robert E. McMullen (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stud-propelling mechanisms for securing a launch vehicle to a landing platform, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed. A representative system includes a fastening mechanism carried by a landing support element of a portion of a launch vehicle, t...