US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Nov. 25 for "Turbomachine module equipped with variable pitch vanes and an annular interface shroud" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,427, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbomachine module equipped with variable pitch vanes and an annular interface shroud" was invented by Caroline Marie Frantz (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Vincent Francois Georges Millier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Yves Roland Crochemore (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbomachine module includes a fan driven in rotation by a fan shaft and having a plurality of variable pitch vanes. The module further includes a pitch change system with a control means connected to the vanes via a connection mechanism, wherein the control means compr...