US Patent Issued to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY on July 1 for "Spaceborne antenna with rolling flex hinges and associated methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,937, issued on July 1, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Spaceborne antenna with rolling flex hinges and associated methods" was invented by Michael J. Ache (West Melbourne, Fla.), Stephen Jenkins (Palm Bay, Fla.), Robert M. Taylor (Rockledge, Fla.), Alec Guenther (West Melbourne, Fla.) and Kyle Whybrew (Palm Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spaceborne antenna for a satellite may include antenna sections for the satellite, and at least one rolling flex hinge rotatably coupling first and second antenna sections together and permitting rotation between a stored position and a deployed position. The first...