US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on April 14 for "Vane made of composite material comprising a metallic reinforcement and method for manufacturing such a vane" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,098, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Vane made of composite material comprising a metallic reinforcement and method for manufacturing such a vane" was invented by William Albouy (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Pierre-Antoine Bossan (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Justine Delozanne (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Pierre Francois Robin Geraud-Grosheny (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jerome Olhagaray (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Marc Waris (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a vane made of composite material for a turbomachine, including the steps of three-dimensional fibre weaving and p...