ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,634, issued on March 11, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Device for mounting a load to a carrier, assembly, vehicle and methods" was invented by Floris Clemens Maria Van Kempen (Amsterdam), Jan De Vreugd (Katwijk, Netherlands) and William Edward Crowcombe (Ridderkerk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for mounting a load to a carrier is described. The device includes a first support configured for fixation to the carrier; a second support configured for fixation to the load. The first and second supports are spaced away from ...