US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Feb. 10 for "System for sealing and draining oil leaks for a turbomachine bearing enclosure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,235, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"System for sealing and draining oil leaks for a turbomachine bearing enclosure" was invented by Nicolas Stoliaroff-Pepin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Eddy Stephane Joel Fontanel (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sebastien Gameiro (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Paco Maurer (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing system for a turbomachine bearing enclosure includes bearing with a stator carrying a rotor; a seal carried by the stator and surrounding the rotor; an external peripheral groove carried by the stator in the vicinity of the seal for colle...