ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,034, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SERIAS-LEE LLC (Washington, N.C.).
"Aircraft opening plug and installation tool" was invented by James Hodges Van Dis (Washington, N.C.) and Ralph Samuel Jarvis Jr. (Bath, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for an opening on the exterior of an aircraft that contains a fire-resistant, high-temperature tolerant foam encased in a cover made of an aramid fabric. The cover is friction-fitted to the interior of the orifice. The cover can contain one or more durable rings embedded in the fire-resistant, high-temperature tolerant foam meant to protrude outward from the rest of the cover of the...