ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,086, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Protective shroud for aircraft tail rotor" was invented by Steven R. Ivans (Ponder, Texas), Danielle Lynn Moore (Arlington, Texas), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, Texas), Kip Gregory Campbell (Hurst, Texas), Mathew Chapdelaine (Fort Worth, Texas), Brian John Cox (Keller, Texas), Carey Andrew Cross (Fort Worth, Texas), Steve Michael Loveland (Fort Worth, Texas), Bradley Paul Regnier (Fort Worth, Texas), Robert W. Roe (Fort Worth, Texas) and Steve R. Schafer (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment is an apparatus for inhib...