ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,570, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Aircraft provided with an exhaust duct coupled to a stabilization system" was invented by Guillaume Legras (Velaux, France), Franck Morente (Aix en Provence, France), Philippe Pinto (Saint-Chamas, France) and Kevin Felmy (Aix en Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft provided with at least one exhaust duct for discharging gases from an engine. The exhaust duct is partly accommodated in an internal housing of the aircraft, the housing being separated from an external environment situated outside the aircraft by at least one cowl that ...