US Patent Issued to Airbus Defence and Space on May 19 for "Aircraft structure having an improved inlet opening for engine air" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,287, issued on May 19, was assigned to Airbus Defence and Space GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany).

"Aircraft structure having an improved inlet opening for engine air" was invented by Sebastian Ritter (Taufkirchen, Germany), Robert Ehrmayr (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Robert Osterhuber (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft structure having a fuselage, an engine and an air inlet for receiving air for the engine. The air inlet has a cowl which surrounds an inlet opening. The air inlet has a compression surface and a transition shoulder. The air inlet additionally has a flow guide surface, which is arranged as a local ...