US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on June 24 for "Movable platforms for vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, assemblies, systems, and methods" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,006, issued on June 24, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Movable platforms for vehicle capture assemblies and related devices, assemblies, systems, and methods" was invented by Emmanuel Simpri (Sterling, Va.), Jack Purcell (Sterling, Va.), Matthew Alan Michel (Oak Hill, Va.), Michael J. Foster (Sterling, Va.) and Quentin Williams (Sterling, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Movable platforms for use with a vehicle capture assembly of a capture vehicle and related devices, systems, and methods include floors with rotatable legs extending between the floors. The rotation of the legs relative to one ...