US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 8 for "Remote tension measurement system" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,721, issued on April 8, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Remote tension measurement system" was invented by Anthony A Ruffa (Hope Valley, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote tension measurement system and method of use is provided for detection and estimation of tension in two-dimensional and three-dimensional inflatable structures. Given a spacing distance and a known mass of the membrane-formed structure, measurement points are determined to define a measurement region of the structure. A non-invasive sensor monitors the measurement points to detect a transverse wav...