ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,256, issued on March 18, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Discharge system" was invented by Tarkan Turnacilar (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey), Okan Erol (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey) and Halit Oruc (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge system has a body is located on an air vehicle. At least one wing extends outward from the body and which comes into contact with the air to provide the lift force to the body. A first cover in a skirt form surrounds the wing. One end of the first cover is connected to the body and the other end thereof extends outward from...