US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES on May 12 for "Turbine engine element comprising at least one blade obtained by additive manufacturing" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,640, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Turbine engine element comprising at least one blade obtained by additive manufacturing" was invented by Sylvain Pierre Votie (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Denis Daniel Jean Boisseleau (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Xavier Roger Betbeder-Lauque (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a turbomachine element (1), comprising at least one blade (2) obtained by additive manufacturing, the blade (2) having a skin (4) and an internal lattice (6) allowing air circulation in the blade (2) and having an additive manuf...