US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Feb. 3 for "Stabilized end cap for common launch tube" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,792, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Stabilized end cap for common launch tube" was invented by Andrew Hall (Troy, Ohio), John Revilla (Beavercreek, Ohio), Joshua Wiseman (Franklin, Ohio), Kelsey Snively (Dayton, Ohio) and Matthew Hall (Troy, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilized end cap for covering one end of a common launch tube on a military aircraft is disclosed. The stabilized end cap includes a central body having a portion with a disk-shape configuration. In some cases, the stabilized end cap has a peripheral e...