ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,059, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Air injection casing for a turbomachine" was invented by Jerome Claude George Lemonnier (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Franck Davy Boisnault (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Fabrice Marcel Noel Garin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Damien Bonneau (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Delphine Touchard (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cooling-air injection casing comprising a casing upstream end, a casing downstream end, and a casing main wall and further including: an air mixing cavity; an air intake cavity; an air bleeding cavity; a ...