US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS on May 19 for "Bladed assembly with inter-platform connection by friction member" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,117, issued on May 19, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris) and SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Bladed assembly with inter-platform connection by friction member" was invented by Simon Jean-Marie Bernard Cousseau (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Romain Claude Gabriel Bardon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Fabrice Joel Luc Chevillot (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Lucien Henri Jacques Quennehen (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bladed assembly for a turbomachine includes: a plurality of blades distributed about an axis and each including an airfoil and a ...