ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,539, issued on July 8, was assigned to B/E Aerospace (UK) Ltd. (Bedfordshire, Great Britain).
"Aircraft wall assembly" was invented by Rafal Hubert Chylinski (Bristol, Great Britain), Thomas James Pitts (Hanslope, Great Britain) and Swapnil Patil (Aylesbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft wall assembly comprises a panel comprising a ballistic protection layer configured to deform to absorb energy during a projectile impact; and a barrier, wherein the ballistic protection layer comprises a constrained portion, wherein deformation of the ballistic protection layer is constrained at the constrained portion such ...