ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,512, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium).
"Group of stator vanes" was invented by Theo Robin Thomas Bour (Herstal, Belgium) and Christophe Joseph Richard Gillain Remy (Herstal, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A group of stator vanes for a row of stator vanes of a stage of a turbomachine compressor, the vanes of the group of stator vanes being close together and affording easy assembly. The group of stator vanes include a platform of a first vane having an aperture for accommodating the head of a second vane, the outer surface of the platform of the first vane being in contact with the inn...