ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,999, issued on March 17, was assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Absorber" was invented by Hakan Yavas (Ankara, Turkey), Murat Koksal (Ankara, Turkey), Ahmet Alptug Tanrikulu (Ankara, Turkey), Akin Dagkolu (Ankara, Turkey) and Atayil Koyuncu (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorber that has at least one source provided in air and/or space vehicles, transmitting vibrations to the vehicle, a bracket disposed under the source, allowing the source to be fixed into the air and/or space vehicle, at least one first part with a negative Poisson's ratio, at least one second part with a ...