US Patent Issued to SAFRAN, Safran Nacelles on June 17 for "Method for making a metal part with a complex geometry with a thin wall" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,219, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and Safran Nacelles (Gonfreville l'Orcher, France).

"Method for making a metal part with a complex geometry with a thin wall" was invented by Aurelie Soula (Gonfreville l'Orcher, France) and Pierre Sallot (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal part with a wall thickness less than 5 mm includes a preform made from a flexible composite sheet, a flexible composite sheet segment, and an appended insert including a fastening portion that is sandwiched between a rear end of the preform and the flexible composite sheet segment. The flexible composite sheet segme...