US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Sept. 15 for "Oil tank for a turbomachine with a lower compartment having an oil outlet duct that is negative-G-compatible" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,996, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Oil tank for a turbomachine with a lower compartment having an oil outlet duct that is negative-G-compatible" was invented by Stephane Alain Luc Ghislain Bougelet (Herstal, Belgium) and Sebastien Oriol (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil tank for a turbomachine, including an enclosure for the oil, having a main axis, and with walls delimiting a first compartment and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by a separation wall; a channel extending into the first compartment, from the separa...