ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,228, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejean, South Korea).
"Launch pad system" was invented by Kwang Kun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), I Sang Yu (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Whan Baek (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Suk Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kie Joo Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launch pad system includes a fuel vent port provided in a launch vehicle, a launch pad fuel tank provided outside the launch vehicle to store fuel, a fuel recovery line connecting the fuel vent port and the launch pad fuel tank such that the fuel is transferred therethrough, and a fu...