ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,287, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Monolithic attitude control motor frame and system" was invented by Wayne K. Schroeder (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. Adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities share a side wall or side wall portion therebetween. Each of the cavities is configured to receive an attitude control motor. A monolithic atti...