ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,152, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Aeronautical thruster" was invented by Fernando Gea Aguilera (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Anthony Binder (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Adrien Clement Marcel Dubois (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Mathieu Simon Paul Gruber (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Norman Bruno Andre Jodet (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Eva Julie Lebeault (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Josselin David Florian Regnard (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aeronautical thruster having a longitudinal axis and having a hub and at least two annular rows of unducted blades including an upstream ...