US Patent Issued to SAFRAN NACELLES on May 26 for "Method and system for controlling the application of a patch" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,794, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Method and system for controlling the application of a patch" was invented by Benjamin Provost (Moissy Cramayel, France), Clement Rolland (Moissy Cramayel, France), Maxime Lebegue (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Renaud Venture (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling the application of a patch can include the following steps: positioning a patch on a surface to be covered by means of a gripper and with or without partial overlapping with adjacent patches; acquiring by means of an optical control means at least ...