US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Oct. 21 for "Assembly comprising a vane and a vane pitch setting system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,110, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Assembly comprising a vane and a vane pitch setting system" was invented by Clement Cottet (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Vivien Mickael Courtier (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Vincent Joudon (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Thierry Georges Paul Papin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The assembly generally includes an un-ducted propeller blade of which the root has a bulbous portion; a system for setting the pitch of the blade about a pitch setting axis, the pitch setting system including a cup...