ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,472, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-L'Orcher, France).

"Comprising an access space closed by a tangentially clamped cowl" was invented by Pierre Charles Caruel (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nacelle for an aircraft propulsion unit includes an air intake cowl, and an intermediate section including fixed and removable hoods defining an access space between front ends of the hoods and an outer rear end of the air intake cowl. The intermediate section includes an annular row of mutually spaced connecting parts which rigidly connect the outer rear end of the air intake cowl to th...