ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,682, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).
"Thrust reverser cascade with offset vane leading edges" was invented by Julian Winkler (Glastonbury, Conn.), Wentaur E. Chien (San Diego), Xiaolan Hu (San Diego) and Landy Dong (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes a thrust reverser cascade extending longitudinally between a cascade forward end and a cascade aft end. The thrust reverser cascade extends laterally between a cascade first side and a cascade second side. The thrust reverser cascade extends radially between ...