US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on April 7 for "Aircraft provided with an engine and an exhaust duct that is drained around an exhaust nozzle of the engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,072, issued on April 7, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Aircraft provided with an engine and an exhaust duct that is drained around an exhaust nozzle of the engine" was invented by Guillaume Legras (Velaux, France) and Patrick Fort (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft provided with an engine compartment, the aircraft comprising an engine at least partially housed in the engine compartment, the engine comprising an exhaust nozzle for at least discharging gases, the aircraft comprising an exhaust duct arranged around the exhaust nozzle, the exhaust duct having an open end opening into ...