US Patent Issued to Joby Aero on Dec. 16 for "Managing cooling airflow using variable-geometry openings" (American, New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,185, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Managing cooling airflow using variable-geometry openings" was invented by Gregor Veble Mikic (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Benjamin Brelje (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Jeffrey Allen Lotterman (Los Angeles) and Robert Gulliver Lynn (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable-geometry cooling airflow management system and method for managing the cooling of a fuel cell on an aerodynamic vehicle (such as an aircraft). The cooling management is achieved by providing a conduit having a fan, radiator, and variable-geometry openings (such as variable-geometry ...