US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on March 17 for "Oil tank for a turbomachine with negative-G-compatible cyclonic circulation" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,890, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Oil tank for a turbomachine with negative-G-compatible cyclonic circulation" was invented by Stephane Alain Luc Ghislain Bougelet (Herstal, Belgium), Sebastien Oriol (Paris) and Quentin Borlon (Herstal, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil tank for an aircraft turbomachine, including: a main enclosure capable of containing the oil, an oil inlet mixed with air, an oil outlet, an auxiliary enclosure arranged inside the main enclosure, including an enclosing wall, and two end walls adjacent to the enclosing wa...