ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,691, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Acoustic engine exhaust center body with tapered inner skin" was invented by Aaron T. Noel (Poway, Calif.), Peter Aziz (San Diego) and Pratap Mallampati (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes an exhaust center body. The exhaust center body includes an inner skin, a perforated outer skin, a first bulkhead, a second bulkhead and an acoustic chamber. The inner skin extends circumferentially about an axis. The inner skin extends axially along the axis between and connected to the first bulkhead and th...