US Patent Issued to The Boeing, Tohoku University on Nov. 11 for "Damage tolerant cavitation nozzle" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,028, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.) and Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan).

"Damage tolerant cavitation nozzle" was invented by Kandaudage Channa Ruwan De Silva (Madison, Ala.), Daniel Gordon Sanders (Cle Elum, Wash.), John K. Shimabukuro (Newcastle, Wash.) and Hitoshi Soyama (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cavitation nozzle is disclosed, including a plate, a hollow body, and a cap removably engaged with the hollow body and holding the plate against a distal end of the hollow body. The plate may have a central aperture and a distal surface, wherein the distal surface is bisected by a...