ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,151, issued on March 25, was assigned to Blue Origin LLC (Kent, Wash.).
"Satellite dispensing system" was invented by Eric Eckstein (Renton, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stacked satellite dispensing systems are described herein. The disclosed systems have diagonal struts that stabilize satellite stacks horizontally and vertically without adding performance-reducing mass. The diagonal struts increase the number of bracing points and improve stability. The improved stability can allow for the satellite stack to be made heavier and taller, such as by having more satellites than a dispensing system with vertical struts. The diag...