US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Nov. 11 for "Turbine engine module equipped with a propeller and stator vanes supported by retaining means and corresponding turbine engine" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,543, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbine engine module equipped with a propeller and stator vanes supported by retaining means and corresponding turbine engine" was invented by Gilles Alain Marie Charier (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine module having longitudinal axis X including an unducted propeller for rotating about the longitudinal axis X; -at least one flow straightener with a plurality of stator vanes extends substantially along a radial axis Z, each stator vane having a root and a blade rising radially from the root; and-a pitch change system for...