ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,106, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Production of a composite casing for an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Hubert Jean Marie Fabre (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Maxime Guillot (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for producing a casing made of a composite material for an aircraft turbine engine, the casing having an annular shape and including an annular fibrous preform formed by winding a fibrous cloth soaked in a polymer matrix, the method including the steps of: a) positioning an edge of the cloth on a molding drum, this cloth having a generally elongate sha...