ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,977, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Ejection cone with an acoustic chamber for an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Tony Miossec (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Fabien Bravin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Christophe Jean Francois Thorel (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Marc Versaevel (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Valentin Simeon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust cone for an aircraft turbomachine, extending along a longitudinal axis and having a radially internal annular wall and a radially external skin delimiting a primary flow path for hot gases and surr...