ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,925, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TUSAS-TUR HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANYII A.S. (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).
"Locking mechanism" was invented by Nimet Gul Kaynar (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey), Durmus Ali Sahin (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey) and Fatih Turk (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism has a body located on an air vehicle where at least one useful load is located on the body and at least one launcher is located on the body which enables the launch and/or release of the useful loads contained therein. A trigger that contacts the useful load on the launcher allows the useful loads...