US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on July 15 for "Acoustic air duct for environmental control system in vehicle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,627, issued on July 15, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Acoustic air duct for environmental control system in vehicle" was invented by Rachel Ann Bires (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Douglas Dean Maben (Snohomish, Wash.), Christopher Edward Plass (Snohomish, Wash.), Mark Michael Gmerek (Clinton, Wash.), David William Olson (Gold Bar, Wash.), Sonny Keever Nguyen (Mill Creek, Wash.), James Julius Koch (Everett, Wash.), Greta Grace Hadford (Snohomish, Wash.), Bryce Avery Van Dyke (Snohomish, Wash.) and Xin Han (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods comprising acoustically absorptiv...