US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on June 24 for "Flexible multi-material structures" (Ohio, Alaska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,872, issued on June 24, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Flexible multi-material structures" was invented by Jeffery Baur (Liberty Township, Ohio), David Seifert (Beavercreek, Ohio), Geoffrey Frank (Dayton, Ohio), Patrick Walgren (Anchorage, Alaska), Darren Hartl (College Station, Ohio) and Wesley Chapkin (Fairborn, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible multi-material structure comprises a plurality of overlapping rings that form a generally circular shape perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the structure; an internal compliant hollow...