US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN CERAMICS on June 17 for "Turbine blade of a turbine engine with self-generated interlock contact force in operation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,659, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris) and SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Turbine blade of a turbine engine with self-generated interlock contact force in operation" was invented by Patrick Joseph Marie Girard (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Didier Rene Andre Escure (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Matthieu Arnaud Gimat (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sebastien Serge Francis Congratel (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Arthur De Castro (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Blade of a turbomachine turbine including a airfoil extending along a first direction between an internal end and an external...