US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on March 24 for "Fire zone thermal protection for adjacent components" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,853, issued on March 24, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Fire zone thermal protection for adjacent components" was invented by Timothy Carr (Fort Worth, Texas), Douglas Durflinger (Fort Worth, Texas), Ananya Manapure (Bangalore, India) and Girish Kaushal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include thermal covers to help drain fluids away from dangerous environments, e.g., in an engine bay in a vehicle. Thermal covers can comprise a hat portion extending between two distal edges, support straps beneath the hat portion and extending between the distal edges, and thermal insulation...