ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,454, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS) (Toulouse, France).

"Heat shield provided with protective layers, in particular for a part of an aircraft" was invented by Alexandre Bellanger (Toulouse, France) and Arnaud Tonnele (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat shield for protecting a part of an aircraft is disclosed including superposed layers providing thermal protection, and one or more layers providing fire protection. The heat shield also may include other layers implementing other functions."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/071,127.

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