ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,555, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris).

"Stator part having a fin, in a turbine engine" was invented by William Henri Joseph Riera (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Gabriel Jacques Victor Mondin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Xavier Jean-Pierre Ottavy (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stator part (20) comprising a platform (22), a first blade (24), a second blade (26), and a fin (28) having a leading edge (30) and a trailing edge (32), the fin extending opposite an upper surface (124) of the first blade and a lo...