US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on May 26 for "Modularity of an aircraft turbomachine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,982, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Modularity of an aircraft turbomachine" was invented by Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Olivier Belmonte (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft turbomachine, including a first shaft having external splines oriented parallel to an axis of rotation of the shaft, a second shaft having internal splines complementary to the external splines, this second shaft being fitted axially on the first shaft and these shafts rotating as one by engagement of their splines, and a system for axially locking the shafts with re...