US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Sept. 8 for "Turbine engine motor having an unducted fan" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,629, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbine engine motor having an unducted fan" was invented by Lucas Antoine Christophe Lauwick (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Celia Iglesias Cano (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine motor having an unducted fan and a plurality of guide vanes, each guide vane being made of composite materials configured to be fixed to at least one inner fixed structure of a turbine engine, each guide vane including an aerodynamic blade extending radially outwards along a radial axis, an outer radial end, and an inner radial end. Each guide vane...