ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,772, issued on May 20, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Transfer device for maintaining an electrical or optical connection" was invented by Jean Lagadec (Elancourt, France), Francois Cadalen (Brest, France), Marc Doukhan (Elancourt, France) and Steve Bendelac (Brest, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device for limiting a twisting of a link between an end of the fixed link with respect to a fixed part and an end of the fixed link with respect to a revolving part that can revolve with respect to the fixed part about an axis of rotation, the transfer device for a link includes a composite drum comprising a ...