ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,166, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Device for connecting parts of an aircraft engine and method for using same" was invented by Yves Roland Crochemore (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Almeric Pierre Louis Garnier (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Tony Alain Roger Joel Lhommeau (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Franck Serge Jacques Liotte (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for connecting parts of an aircraft engine. The connection device comprises connectors suitable for connecting a first and a second part so as to establish a physical transfer link between th...