US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on Sept. 9 for "Metal encapsulated ceramic tile thermal insulation, and associated systems and methods" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,955, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Metal encapsulated ceramic tile thermal insulation, and associated systems and methods" was invented by John Paul Brendel (Lake Tapps, Wash.), Christopher Patrick Hupf (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Adam Keith Norman (Maple Valley, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal encapsulated ceramic tile thermal insulation system for rockets and associated methods is disclosed. A representative system includes a launch vehicle having a first end and a second end generally opposite the first end and includes a heat shield positioned at the second end. ...