US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Feb. 10 for "Variable compression air intakes for aircraft propulsion systems and methods for varying compression of an air intake" (California, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,422, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Variable compression air intakes for aircraft propulsion systems and methods for varying compression of an air intake" was invented by Thomas R. Smith (Westminster, Calif.) and Matthew J. Roode (Webster Groves, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an aircraft includes an engine having a central axis. A cowl surrounds the engine and includes a cowl lip. A compression ramp is spaced away from the cowl lip. An inlet is formed by the cowl lip and the compression ramp. The compression ramp is non-planar. The compression ramp is movable relative...