ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,898, issued on June 24, was assigned to ECLORE ACTUATORS (Nantes, France).
"Expandable tubular element for inflatable cylinder" was invented by Pierre Gautier-Le Boulch (Nantes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an expandable tubular element for a fluid-inflatable cylinder, comprising a peripheral wall that is fluid-tight and formed by a plurality of panels connected in pairs by substantially rectilinear links each representing a pivot axis, the panels being more rigid than the links, so that two panels adjacent to a link can rotate about the pivot axis represented by this link, each end of a link being c...