US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on Dec. 2 for "Method for manufacturing a vane comprising a reinforced cavity" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,631, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for manufacturing a vane comprising a reinforced cavity" was invented by Nicolas Pierre Lanfant (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Bastien Tranquart (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a turbomachine vane made of composite material and having a cavity, the method includes producing a core having the shape of the cavity of the vane to be manufactured, the core including a reinforcing structure occupying only a portion of the volume of the core, the core further including a sealed envelope defining the outer surface of said core; and...