US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Aug. 19 for "Expanding fin rocket with fin restraint" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,588, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Expanding fin rocket with fin restraint" was invented by Skyler Chupp (Moody AFB, Ga.) and Nicholas Hanzlik (Moody AFB, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expanding fin aerial rocket in combination with a sleeve for restraining the fins prior to deployment. The rocket has an elongate body with a fore end for a warhead and an opposed aft end for motor and guidance fins. The guidance fins are hingedly attached to the rocket body at a proximal end and extend outwardly to a distal end. Fins m...