ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,332, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Blade" was invented by Yann Didier Simon Marchal (Moissy Cramayel, France), Antonin Branteghem (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Julien Paul Schneider-Die-Gross (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for verifying the positioning of a fibrous preform in a blade, the blade having been obtained by injecting a resin into a mould having the shape of a blade and in which a preform has been placed, the blade extending in an orthonormal blade frame of reference X, Y, Z, the blade comprising a blade root extending longitudin...