US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on April 21 for "Case comprising internal and/or external stiffeners" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,134, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Case comprising internal and/or external stiffeners" was invented by Sylvain Yves Jean Duval (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Arnaud Lasantha Genilier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Olivier Renon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a turbine engine case (1), extending around an axis, said case (1) comprising: a hub comprising an outer wall (21) and an inner wall (22) between which an annular flange (23) extends; an outer shell (3); a plurality of arms (4) which each extend between the hub and the outer shell (3); the case...