ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,785, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France).

"Assembly for an exhaust cone in a turbomachine nozzle" was invented by Christophe Paul Aupetit (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thierry Guy Xavier Tesson (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Philippe Avenel (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a turbomachine optimizes air flow near the exhaust cone which has an outer annular wall for the flow of a primary air flow and an inner annular wall arranged inside the outer annular wall, a metal casing arranged upstream of the exhaust cone, a shroud defining a radially inner face with respect to...