ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,096, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Thrust recovery valve system" was invented by Darrell W. Horner (Oro Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a thrust recovery valve system is configured to use an outflow valve to discharge a fluid flow from a cabin of an aircraft to an external environment surrounding the aircraft. The outflow valve may include a frame supported by a body of the aircraft and a gate configured to displace from the frame to define a flow passage for the discharge of the fluid follow. The thrust recovery valve system includes an obstacle con...