US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 4 for "Heat shield for an aircraft and method of using the same" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,661, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Heat shield for an aircraft and method of using the same" was invented by Eric G. Winter (Freeland, Wash.), Leanne L. Lehman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), William C. Cromer (Seattle), Mark D. Gilcreest (Lynnwood, Wash.), Ryan J. Clabots (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Matthew J. Woerly (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a heat shield for an aircraft. The heat shield has a pair of side skins. Each side skin is formed of a heat resistant material and has a side skin edge. The heat shield further has a lower skin formed of a heat resistant material and h...