ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,506, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville l'Orcher, France).
"Method for repairing an air intake lip" was invented by Dylan Laurent Pascal Tassery (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Nicolas Dezeustre (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for repairing a turbomachine air intake lip including a damaged area whose shape differs from the initial shape of the lip, includes identifying the damage; depositing a filler material on the damaged area so as to give it a shape identical to the initial shape; inspecting the shape of the lip; and inspecting the performed repair."
The patent was filed ...