US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) on March 3 for "Air inlet device comprising at least one helical partition and aircraft comprising at least one air inlet device of this kind" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,299, issued on March 3, was assigned to Airbus Operations (S.A.S.) (Toulouse, France).

"Air inlet device comprising at least one helical partition and aircraft comprising at least one air inlet device of this kind" was invented by Jerome Antypas (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air inlet device includes an inlet duct, a valve and at least one helical partition positioned within the inlet duct, the helical partition having an outer edge in contact with the inlet duct and delimiting at least one helical duct within the inlet duct. The helical partition serves to increase the distance travelled by an air flow entering...