ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,535, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii A.S. (Kahramankazan, Turkey).

"Shielding case for a rotary flare dispensing system" was invented by Fatih Turk (Ankara, Argentina) and Emrullah Saglar (Ankara, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a body (2) located in air vehicles; at least one gas discharge element (E) on the body (2), which enables the discharge of hot waste gases; at least one cartridge (F) launched from the body (2) against thermally guided threats directed to the body (2), so that the cartridge (F) is used for defense purposes; a launcher unit (3) ...