US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on Nov. 25 for "Automated mixing system for cartridges containing materials" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,931, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Automated mixing system for cartridges containing materials" was invented by Jennifer M. Martin (North Richland Hills, Texas), Esteban Salcedo (River Oaks, Texas), Matthew Timothy McKee (Fort Worth, Texas) and Linda Dao (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Current cartridge-style mixers due not have the ability to measure mixing performance nor determine the need for maintenance based on performance. Risks of non-homogeneous mixing and insufficient maintenance can exist with cartridge-style mixers. A mixing system comprises a mixing apparatus...