ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,012, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbojet engine rear portion having an augmented A9/A8 nozzle area ratio" was invented by Thierry Kohn (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Dimitri Thomas Krajka (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear portion of a convergent-divergent nozzle turbojet engine includes a device for controlling the position of a divergent flap relative to that of a convergent flap, including a first connecting rod having a first end portion hinged to the convergent flap and an opposite second end portion, a second connecting rod having a first end portion hinged ...