US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA on Jan. 20 for "High stiffness self leveling platform" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,182, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA (Washington).

"High stiffness self leveling platform" was invented by Thomas C. Jones (Williamsburg, Va.), William R. Doggett (Poquoson, Va.) and Iok M. Wong (Poquoson, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered base assembly includes first and second structures that are operably interconnected by at least three legs that can include electrically-powered linear actuators. Each electrically powered actuator includes a housing and a rod associated with the housing. Each rod is connected to one of the first and second structure...