ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,755, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).
"Fiber texture for a casing made of composite material with improved impact resistance" was invented by Francois Charleux (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Dominique Marie Christian Coupe (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Herve Grelin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strip-shaped fibrous texture has a three-dimensional or multi-layered weaving between a plurality of layers of warp yarns or strands and a plurality of layers of weft yarns or strands extending in the lateral direction. The fibrous texture includes a first section ...