ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,192, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RATIER-FIGEAC SAS (Figeac, France).

"Pneumatic release system" was invented by Edmond Domergue (Almont les junies, France), Raphael Plata (Cuzac, France) and Emmanuel Houradou (Cardaillac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic release system has an inlet arranged to be connected, in use, to a supply of pressurised fluid, and an outlet arranged, to be connected, in use, to an end device. The system defines therethrough, a flow path for fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The system includes a piston mounted in and axially moveable relative to a cylinder, the inlet and outlet define...