ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,777, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for modelling the behaviour of a circular rolling mill" was invented by Edouard Frederic Christian Claude Marchal (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Julien Jean Edmond Schwartz (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Patrice Andre Modeste Lasne (Valbonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for modelling the behaviour of a circular rolling mill (1) intended for rolling a cylindrical component on the basis of a setpoint, the circular rolling mill comprising at least one tapered roller (3) configured to effect a translational movement in a ...