US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) on Jan. 13 for "Air intake with changing wall thickness and associated nacelle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,369, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Air intake with changing wall thickness and associated nacelle" was invented by Umberto Gastaldi (Toulouse, France), Brice Saudel (Toulouse, France), Gregoire Smith (Toulouse, France) and Julien Aubry (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air intake that makes it possible to avoid stiffeners and a front frame includes a lip, at least one external panel extending the lip on the outer side, at least one internal panel extending the lip on the inner side, the wall of the air intake having a thickness of value e. The thickness of the wal...