US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on Nov. 3 for "Method for the manufacture of a skin for an aeronautical engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,742, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for the manufacture of a skin for an aeronautical engine" was invented by Patrick Dunleavy (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Marc Da Silva (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Patrick Henrat (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for the manufacture of at least one skin, in particular of an acoustic panel for an aeronautical engine, including the laying of a thermoplastic material on a surface of a lay-up tooling, via a depositing tool configured to exert a pressure on the thermoplastic material and to heat the latter while it is being laid, wherein the lay-up to...