US Patent Issued to Textron Systems on Dec. 9 for "Shielded multi-layer ablative/insulative material for hypersonic flight and similar applications" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,700, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Textron Systems Corp. (Hunt Valley, Md.).

"Shielded multi-layer ablative/insulative material for hypersonic flight and similar applications" was invented by Michael Robert Favaloro (Amesbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded, multi-layer heatshield material for hypersonic flight applications includes an ablative/insulative structure having a thickness and providing both thermal insulation and a first ablation resistance, and a separate shield layer bound to an outer surface of the ablative/insulative structure, the shield layer being thinner than the ablative/insulative structure w...