ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,808, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Tusas-Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii A.S. (Kahramankazan, Turkey).

"Thermal protection system" was invented by Furkan Ahmet Tok (Kahramankazan, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention comprises a source (S) generating heat and/or radiation; a body (2) located on a space vehicle; at least one avionics chamber (A) on the body (2), in which the avionics equipment is provided; at least one panel (P) outside the body (2), which extends outward from the body (2) and stores the flux from the source (S); at least one shield (3) on the body (2), which at least partially covers the su...