US Patent Issued to GSTC on Nov. 4 for "Container for transporting equipment for space-related applications" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,717, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GSTC LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Container for transporting equipment for space-related applications" was invented by Gideon P. Searle (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for transporting satellite equipment and other equipment into low-orbit and deep space includes vacuum rigidizing structures covering the interior of each side wall and base of the container. The vacuum rigidizing structures contain microbeads and is connected to a pump mechanism able to transfer air into or out of the vacuum rigidizing structures. Before the equipment is added to the container, air is re...