ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,014, issued on May 6, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).
"Gas turbine engine exhaust chevrons" was invented by Johann Steven Schrell (San Diego), Jihad Ramlaoui (Chula Vista, Calif.), Brian A. Sherman (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Andrew John Strutt (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chevron ring is disclosed. In various embodiments, the chevron ring includes an attachment ring; and a chevron, the chevron connected to and extending downstream of the attachment ring and having a trailing edge portion, the chevron defining a hollow portion between the attachment ring and the trailing edge portion."
The patent was fi...