US Patent Issued to HRL LABORATORIES on Nov. 4 for "Method of manufacturing and/or operating deployable structures using hydride material" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,677, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Method of manufacturing and/or operating deployable structures using hydride material" was invented by Jason A. Graetz (Malibu, Calif.), John J. Vajo (Malibu, Calif.), Christopher P. Henry (Malibu, Calif.), Adam E. Sorensen (Malibu, Calif.) and Geoffrey P. McKnight (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable structure includes a hydride material to be converted into hydrogen gas; and a sheet material encapsulating the hydride material; wherein the sheet material is to be plastically deformed by the hydrogen gas to have an expanded structure....