ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,507, issued on June 10, was assigned to Natilus Inc. (San Diego).
"Cargo-bay layout for blended-wing-body aircraft" was invented by Aleksey Matyushev (San Diego) and Anatoly Y. Starikov (El Cajon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an aircraft includes a blended wing body (BWB) and a cargo bay having a polygonal shape. A longitudinal centerline of the aircraft intersects a vertex of the polygonal shape and an interior angle of the vertex."
The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2021, under Application No. 17/553,302.
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