US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Nov. 3 for "Tomographic analysis method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,167, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Tomographic analysis method" was invented by Pierre Alfred Jean Duchene (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Harmonie Celestin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for carrying out tomographic analysis of a composite part comprising a matrix and fibers, the method including: acquiring at least one two-dimensional image of the part by a tomographic device, generating a plurality of shapes characteristic of the fibers and of convolution masks having a plurality of copies of the characteristic shape, computing, for each of the characteristic sha...