ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,230, issued on March 18, was assigned to LTAG SYSTEMS LLC (Bow, N.H.).
"Inflatable structure deployment" was invented by Jonathan T. Slocum (Bow, N.H.) and Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for deploying an inflatable structure may include a balloon defining an envelope having a first stiffness, a valve assembly including a control valve, and a reactor defining a chamber having a second stiffness, the valve assembly disposed in fluid communication between the chamber and the envelope, the control valve selectively actuatable to control fluid communication between the chamber and the envelope, the...