ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,582, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Patrick Jean Laurent Sultana (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Stephane Pierre Guillaume Blanchard (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Antoine Herve Dos Santos (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine, comprising a radially inner shaft (3) and a radially outer shaft (7), said shafts (7, 8) being coaxial and extending along an axis (X), means (11, 15) for coupling said inner and outer shafts (7, 8) in rotation, means (22) for axially holding the inner shaft (...