ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,054, issued on April 7, was assigned to KMTC VORTIFER Technologies GmBH (Fellbach, Germany).

"Engine for a flying body, method for operating an engine for a flying body, and flying body having at least one engine" was invented by Karl Obermoser (Deining, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an engine (2) for a flying body (1), with an annular vortex guide element (3) which, seen in section, has an air inlet opening (6) arranged centrally with respect to a longitudinal central axis (4) of the engine (2) and, at a distance from the air inlet opening (6), an air outlet opening (7) arranged centrally with respe...