ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,185, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Propeller for an aircraft propulsion assembly, propulsion assembly, and method for the use of such a propulsion assembly" was invented by Pierre-Luc Regaud (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Didier Claude Chartrain (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sebastien Combebias (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thomas Drouin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Camel Serghine (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Laurent Pierre Tarnowski (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Michael Derderian (Frontenas, France) and Vincent Duqueine (Frontenas, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propeller for an aircraft pro...