US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on June 30 for "Variable-pitch vane made of composite material for an unducted fan of an aircraft" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,353, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Variable-pitch vane made of composite material for an unducted fan of an aircraft" was invented by Vincent Joudon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable-pitch vane made of a composite material for an unducted fan of an aircraft, the vane including a fibrous reinforcement formed as a single piece of three-dimensional fabric obtained by three-dimensional weaving including an airfoil portion and a root portion forming a retaining bulb and intended to be connected to a variable-pitch mechanism, the three-dimensional weaving being carried...