US Patent Issued to Brigham Young University on Dec. 2 for "Connected deployable arms off of cylindrical surfaces for increased mobility" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,700, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

"Connected deployable arms off of cylindrical surfaces for increased mobility" was invented by Jacob Sheffield (Provo, Utah), Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah) and Kendall Hal Seymour (Springville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for connected deployable arms off of cylindrical surfaces including an outer cylinder defining an outer circumference and an inner cylinder concentric with the outer cylinder around a central aperture, one or more primary developable mechanisms linked to one or more secondary developable mechanisms. The deploy...