ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,847, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (Colombes, France).

"Oil manifold for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbine engine" was invented by Juan-Luis Marcos Izquierdo (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil collector for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbomachine includes a body having two opposing side surfaces each configured to extend partly around a planet of said reduction gear, and an internal cavity for oil circulation. The collector also has at least one tongue removably mounted on the body, the tongue extendin...