ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,310, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to M.M.A. DESIGN LLC (Louisville, Colo.).
"Deployable system with flexible membrane" was invented by Lyn Eric Ruhl (Golden, Colo.) and Mitchell Todd Wiens (Loveland, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system for extraterrestrial deployment of a flexible membrane surface includes a flexible membrane having a periphery and an interior. The flexible membrane is rolled about a roll axis into a cylindrical geometric shape in an undeployed state. A payload base has extendable radial booms, wherein the distal end of each extendable radial boom is attached to the periphery of the flexible mem...