US Patent Issued to RTX on Oct. 28 for "High stiffness tripod for man transportable SATCOM antenna" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,794, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Arlington, Va.).

"High stiffness tripod for man transportable SATCOM antenna" was invented by Michael A. Toomey (Marlborough, Mass.), Paul J. Marchetti (Dracut, Mass.), Craig Richardson (Watertown, Mass.), Jonathan J. Flick (Boylston, Mass.) and Derik S. Thomann (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tripod for a transportable SATCOM antenna includes a base with a frame centered on a center axis. A first leg is connected to the frame of the base by a first hinge, a second leg is connected to the frame of the base by a second hinge, and a third leg is connected to the frame ...