ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,720, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Noise reducing device having an obliquely pierced honeycomb structure" was invented by Thierry Georges Paul Papin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A noise reducing device for an aircraft turbine engine, the device having a structure in the form of a stack of layers, such that a first and a second skin made of composite material form a first and a second outer layer, these outer layers being substantially parallel to one another and enclosing a central layer. The central layer has a honeycomb structure having partitions extending transversel...