ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,982, issued on March 17, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Exhaust nozzle assembly for aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Johann Schrell (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a chevron ring, a first seal and a plurality of fasteners. The chevron ring extends axially along an axis to and forms a downstream trailing edge of an exhaust nozzle. The chevron ring includes a ring base and a plurality of chevrons. The ring base includes a plurality of blind apertures. Each blind aperture projects radially inward towards the axis partially into the ring base. The fire seal is disposed radial...