ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,919, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.) and University of Notre Dame Du Lac (South Bend, Ind.).
"Inlets for hypersonic air-breathing vehicles and design methods and systems therefor" was invented by Mark Edward Noftz (Villa Park, Ill.), Joseph Stephen Jewell (West Lafayette, Ind.), Andrew James Shuck (Indianapolis), Jonathan Poggie (West Lafayette, Ind.), Andrew Nixon Bustard (South Bend, Ind.) and Thomas James Juliano (Granger, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods capable for use in the development of high-speed, shape-transitioning, inward-turning inlets for air...