ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,207, issued on July 28, was assigned to TUSAS-TURK HAVCILIK VE UZAY SANYII A.S. (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).
"Protective structure" was invented by Nursev Erdogan (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey), Nail Bugra Kilic (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey), Anil Kuban (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey) and Aziz Taner Astarlioglu (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one protective layer made of vanadium oxide is located on a body of an air and/or space vehicle. The protective layer has conductive or insulating properties at a temperature predetermined by the user."
The patent was filed on Oct. 26, 2022, under Applic...