ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,376, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Nacelle air intake for an aircraft propulsion assembly to promote a thrust reversal phase" was invented by Yacine Cheraga (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Daniel-Ciprian Mincu (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Philippe Gerard Chanez (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean-Loic Herve Lecordix (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air intake for an aircraft propulsion assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and including a turbine engine that includes a primary flow path and a secondary flow path for respectively guiding a primary air flow and a secondary a...