ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,102, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG (Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany).
"Air intake" was invented by Gregory Mack (Berlin), Mathias Steger (Berlin), Saskia Hischemoller (Storkow, Germany) and Kjeld Knoben (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an air inlet in a surface. The air inlet includes an opening in the surface having a longitudinal axis, wherein a fluid is intended to flow over the air inlet in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and wherein the opening has an upstream edge and a downstream edge. The air inlet furthermore comprises an outflow channel which adjoins...