Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Method For Increasing Standoff Distance Of A Sonic Jacket To Reduce Aerodynamic Heating Intensity Hypersonic Vehicles' Filed by Dr. V. R. Sanal Kumar

MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411071144 A) filed by Dr. V. R. Sanal Kumar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Sept. 20, 2024, for 'a method for increasing standoff distance of a sonic jacket to reduce aerodynamic heating intensity hypersonic vehicles.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. V. R. Sanal Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This patent describes methods to reduce aerodynamic heating in hypersonic vehicles by increasing the standoff distance of the "Sonic Jacket," an array of sonic points formed due to streamtube compression. The invention presents two approaches...