ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,778, issued on May 13, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Components having coating systems defined by tiles secured thereto, methods of producing the components, and aircraft comprising the components" was invented by Bahram Jadidian (Morris Plains, N.J.), Kevin Blinn (Morris Plains, N.J.) and Mehrad Mehr (Morris Plains, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Components of gas turbine engines, aircraft comprising the components, and methods of producing the components are provided. The component includes a surface, and a set of tiles secured to the surface at interfaces between the set of tiles and the sur...