US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Feb. 3 for "Method for manufacturing a vane made of a composite material with integrated attachment lugs and platforms" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,553, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for manufacturing a vane made of a composite material with integrated attachment lugs and platforms" was invented by Antoine Hubert Marie Jean Masson (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Celia Iglesias Cano (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Larry Sylvio Laborieux (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a turbomachine vane made of composite material, the method including forming, by three-dimensional or multilayer weaving, a fiber blank separated across its thickness into first, second and third parts in two non-interlinked area...