ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,705, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Simulated instrument failure panel cover" was invented by Allen Thomas Herbert (Kechi, Kan.) and John David Ford (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A training system can include a panel cover device and a first suction cup. The panel cover device can have a first panel region and a first recessed panel region. The first panel region can extend along a first plane, where the first panel region has a first elongated view slot therein and a first circular view hole therein. The first recessed panel region can extend from the first plane towa...