US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on July 29 for "Method and device for checking the tightening tension of a fastening bolt for fastening aeronautical parts" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,425, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method and device for checking the tightening tension of a fastening bolt for fastening aeronautical parts" was invented by Nicolas Daniel Delaporte (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Adeline Isabelle Anne-Marie Houssaye (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Arnaud Martine (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for checking the tightening tension of at least one fastening bolt for fastening at least two aeronautical parts, wherein it includes the steps of mounting a centering device on a head of a screw of the bolt, the centering device including an a...