ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,475, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System for attaching heat generating equipment to an exterior of an aircraft" was invented by Michael B. DiVerde (Granite Falls, Wash.), Timothy Allen Caviness (Kent, Wash.), Jared J. Lucero (Everett, Wash.), Steven J. Avila (Renton, Wash.) and Ryan Kevin Torgerson (Kalispell, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system for attaching heat generating equipment to an exterior of an aircraft. The mounting system comprises an adapter plate connected to a fuselage of the aircraft; a layer of insulation substantially covering a first face of the adapter pl...