US Patent Issued to SAFRAN CERAMICS on July 14 for "Turbine engine assembly with nut device and thermal expansion compensation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,520, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Turbine engine assembly with nut device and thermal expansion compensation" was invented by Christophe Paul Aupetit (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Charles Joseph Leleu (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Thierry Guy Xavier Tesson (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a turbine engine having a longitudinal axis includes a first structural element and a nut device, the first structural element having a first hole and a second hole, and the nut device having a retainer fixed to an inner face of the first structural element, the retaine...