ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,096, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris).
"Stator part having a fin, in a turbine engine" was invented by William Henri Joseph Riera (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Gabriel Jacques Victor Mondin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Xavier Jean-Pierre Ottavy (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stator part (20) of a turbine engine, comprising a platform (22), a blade (24, 26) extending radially relative to a central axis (A), and a fin (28) extending radially from a fin root (44) to a fin tip (46), the fin comprising a ...