US Patent Issued to SAFRAN CERAMICS, SAFRAN on Nov. 11 for "Method for three-dimensional weaving of a fibrous structure with orientation of weft columns in a deployment portion and resulting fibrous structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,166, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France) and SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for three-dimensional weaving of a fibrous structure with orientation of weft columns in a deployment portion and resulting fibrous structure" was invented by Aline Planckeel (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Marie Lefebvre (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Dominique Marie Christian Coupe (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for three-dimensional weaving of a fibrous structure between layers of warp yarns and layers of weft yarns, the weft yarns are woven in a plurality of columns spaced apart from one another ...