US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Systems and methods for cooling an inner wall of a thrust reverser of an engine of an aircraft" (Washington, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,136, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for cooling an inner wall of a thrust reverser of an engine of an aircraft" was invented by Brandon Parker Jamison (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Andrew Casimir Kulak (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine of an aircraft includes a thrust reverser having an inner wall, which is formed by a panel assembly including an isogrid panel. An inner heat shield is coupled to a first side of the isogrid panel. An air plenum is disposed between the isogrid panel and the inner heat shield. An outer skin is coupled to a second side of the i...