ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,081, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).
"Module for mounting a turbomachine fan blade" was invented by Caroline Marie Frantz (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Vincent Francois Georges Millier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean Charles Olivier Roda (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Module for mounting a turbomachine fan blade, including: a blade force take-up device, a blade support able to pivot about a radial axis and configured to be engaged axially inside the device, the support and the device being mutually configured to ensure a clamping of the support against the device and an axia...