ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,232, issued on June 23, was assigned to JetZero Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).

"System for providing a favorable environment for propulsion system of a blended wing body aircraft and a method of manufacturing" was invented by John Vassberg (Long Beach, Calif.) and Blaine Rawdon (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing favorable environment for propulsion system of a blended wing body aircraft, wherein the system comprises a blended wing body, wherein the blended wing body comprises a main body, wherein the main body comprises a main body shaping comprising an upper aft surface configured to provide a favo...