ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,865, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SATED Space LLC (Boulder, Colo.).
"Workstation for microgravity environments" was invented by James Thomas Sears (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workstation for microgravity environments is provided that prevents objects from floating around inside a spacecraft. The workstation includes a downdraft table that has a plenum chamber with an inlet and an outlet. A fan is disposed in the plenum chamber for drawing air into the plenum via the inlet, and exhausting air from the plenum via the outlet. A metal grate is disposed across the inlet, and an air resistive stack is disposed on a...