US Patent Issued to SAFRAN CERAMICS on June 9 for "Fibrous blank with at least one disconnection having an alternation of weaving" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,696, issued on June 9, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Fibrous blank with at least one disconnection having an alternation of weaving" was invented by Aline Planckeel (Moissy Cramayel, France), Marie Lefebvre (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Thierry Guy Xavier Tesson (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fibrous blank produced by weaving and including at least one first disconnection, the first disconnection separating first and second woven portions in the blank, wherein the fibrous blank has an alternation between a first weaving plane and a second, different weaving plane."

The patent was fi...