US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Aug. 5 for "Vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods" (Virginia, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,010, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Matthew Alan Michel (Oak Hill, Va.), Michael Alfred Tosto (Springfield, Va.), Kevin David Tebbe (Alexandria, Va.), Daisaku Inoyama (Great Falls, Va.) and John Francis Papayanopoulos (West Orange, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods include one or more probe assemblies for engaging with and securing the target vehicle. The one or more probe assemblies may include one or more attenuation featur...