ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,647, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"System for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller vane for an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Regis Eugene Henri Servant (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Clement Cottet (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Laurent Jablonski (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean-Claude Christian Taillant (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling the pitch setting of a propeller blade for an aircraft turbine engine, includes a blade having a vane connected to a root. A hub accommodates the root of the blade, and a ring is mounted around the root...