US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on March 24 for "Protective HOTAS throttle cover" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,604, issued on March 24, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Protective HOTAS throttle cover" was invented by Emil Wodicka III (Brandon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible cover for an aircraft hands on stick and throttle. The cover has a top layer and bottom layer joined by a grid having a particular grid density range and Shore A hardness range providing flexibility in cold climates and frictional grip to remain on the throttle in hot climates. The cover has an irregular perimeter, matched to the irregular perimeter of the par...