ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,863, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DEPLOYABLES CUBED GMBH (Germering, Germany).

"Actuator module for releasing an equipment component" was invented by Thomas Sinn (Germering, Germany), Markus Pietras (Germering, Germany), Thomas Lund (Germering, Germany) and Alexander Titz (Germering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator module for releasing an equipment component comprising a module base forming a guide sleeve, a release body for coupling to the equipment component and inserted into the guide sleeve, which release body is movable relative to the guide sleeve along a sleeve axis thereof from a standby position to a w...