ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,458, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Module for an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Sylvain Pierre Votie (Moissy-cramayel, France) and Frederic Philippe Jean-Jacques Pardo (Moissy-cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine module, in particular an aircraft turbine engine, including an annular casing having an internal wall forming a channel wall; and a nozzle surrounded by the casing and including an annular external platform and an annular internal platform between which stator blades extend, the external platform having an external face that faces the int...