US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Dec. 2 for "F-35 dual side air data port cover" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,045, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"F-35 dual side air data port cover" was invented by Christopher O'Donnell (Hill AFB, Utah) and Justin Platt (Roy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for the data ports disposed on opposite sides of a F-35 aircraft. The cover is macroscopically planar when not in use but flexible to conform to the curves on the sides of the F-35 airframe when the cover is attached. The cover is magnetically attached to three sides of a frame circumscribing air data port, but not attached on the forward...