ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,643, issued on July 15, was assigned to ARIANEGROUP SAS (Les Mureaux, France).

"Structure for assembling a piece comprising a first metal part and a second part made of an organic matrix composite material" was invented by Arnaud Fontaine (Les Mureaux, France), Alban Du Tertre (Les Mureaux, France) and Didier Guichard (Les Mureaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a piece comprising a first metal part and a second part made of an organic matrix composite material, in which the first part has a first connecting portion and the second part has a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion havi...