ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,872, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Method and system for reducing a temperature differential across a flight vehicle" was invented by Michael F. Stoia (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Kevin Gerald Bowcutt (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Arun Muley (San Pedro, Calif.), Jianping Tu (Walnut, Calif.), Emily Jacobs Dahlberg (St. Louis) and Ali Yousefiani (Tustin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and system for reducing a temperature differential across a flight vehicle. The system includes an exterior of the flight vehicle. The exterior of the flight vehicle includes a first exterior panel bein...