ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,305, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Safran Nacelles (Gonfreville l'Orcher, France).
"Aircraft propulsion unit" was invented by Patrick Boileau (Moissy Cramayel, France), Pierre Caruel (Moissy Cramayel, France), Gina Ferrier (Moissy Cramayel, France), Quentin Garnaud (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Guillaume Glemarec (Moissy Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion unit including a nacelle and a turbojet engine. The aircraft propulsion unit includes an external envelope, at least one fan casing, at least one actuator, and at least one support structure. The external envelope includes fan cowls. The fan ...