ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,649, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for producing a part, in particular a part made from a composite material" was invented by Matteo Minervino (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Didier Fromonteil (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Benedicte Le Borgne (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Gurvan Moreau (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a part, in particular a part made of composite material, in particular for a turbomachine, including at least: a step of producing a preform, during which a fibrous preform intended to form an outer skin of the part is...