US Patent Issued to Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales CNES on June 24 for "Reusable, low-shock hold and release device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,846, issued on June 24, was assigned to Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales CNES (Paris).

"Reusable, low-shock hold and release device" was invented by Jacques Sicre (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable device for holding and releasing a bar. The device includes a tightening component, a hold and release component, and at least one loosening component. The hold and release component includes a plurality of segments, each segment includes a first bearing surface configured to bear on part of the bar, when the plurality of segments is in a holding configuration under the effect of a tightening pressure generated b...