ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,882, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for additive manufacturing of a wall for a turbine engine, comprising at least one cooling aperture" was invented by Pierre Antony (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Sebastien Yohann Pouzet (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for additive manufacturing of a wall for a turbine engine, the wall including a first cooling aperture. The manufacturing method includes additively manufacturing the wall by selective melting or selective sintering on a powder bed. The wall is manufactured at least partially around the first cool...