ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,391, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AETC SAPPHIRE (Saint Petersburg, Russia).

"Air diffuser intended to be installed in a cooling rotating interface of a propulsion oriented device" was invented by Julien Melot (Champigneulles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air diffuser configured to be installed in a cooling rotating interface of a propulsion oriented device, the propulsion oriented device being pivotable relative to a vessel around an axis of rotation, the air diffuser capable of being attached to the propulsion oriented device. The air diffuser includes a main portion capable of being surrounded by an air box attached...