US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on April 8 for "Sealing device for a discharge valve of a turbomachine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,348, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Sealing device for a discharge valve of a turbomachine" was invented by Azath Mohamed (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Alexandre Branco (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thierry Georges Paul Papin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Virginie Martine Collin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discharge valve of an aircraft turbomachine, including a discharge gate intended to be mounted pivotably about an axis between a position for closing an air passage orifice and an open position of said orifice, the orifice being formed in an intermediate casing of the turb...