ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,768, issued on June 17, was assigned to Safran Nacelles Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Acoustic panel" was invented by Dave Kirk (Burnley, Great Britain), Graeme Hill (Burnley, Great Britain), Dave Hebden (Burnley, Great Britain) and Simon Furmston (Burnley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic panel for an aircraft comprising: a sound attenuating sheet having a plurality of cavities, a sound attenuating sheet having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and an end surface connecting the first and second surfaces, a first sheet extending over at least a portion of the first surface and over the e...