ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,647, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for predicting the wear of a mechanical part, and method for determining the operational risk associated with an aircraft or with a fleet of aircraft" was invented by Josselin Xavier Coupard (Moissy Cramayel, France), Guillaume Remi Bonnet (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Germain Gaudart (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for predicting the wear of a mechanical part and uncertainty of this prediction in a profile of use, the profile of use taking into account environmental conditions associated with environmental data and the tim...