ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,245, issued on June 23, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Heat resistant structure of flying body and manufacturing method of heat resistant structure of flying body" was invented by Chisato Asa (Tokyo), Kosuke Nishikawa (Tokyo), Tomoaki Usuki (Tokyo), Takashi Otowa (Tokyo) and Takahiro Miyamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat resistant structure is applied to a flying body having a tip part and a body part. The tip part is arranged in a front end of the flying body with respect to a direction of travel of the flying body. The body part is arranged behind the tip part with respect to the directio...