US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Sept. 16 for "Sleeve mounted onto a low-pressure shaft in a turbomachine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,248, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Sleeve mounted onto a low-pressure shaft in a turbomachine" was invented by Vianney Simon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Patrice Jean-Marc Rosset (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Patrick Jean Laurent Sultana (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean-Claude Christian Taillant (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a rotating assembly of a turbomachine, comprising: -a shaft configured to drive a propeller of the turbo machine around an axis and comprising a first flange radially extending from the shaft, the first flange being m...