US Patent Issued to SAFRAN NACELLES on Feb. 4 for "Air inlet for an aircraft propulsion unit comprising a member for moving a movable upstream portion and method for using such an air inlet" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,893, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Air inlet for an aircraft propulsion unit comprising a member for moving a movable upstream portion and method for using such an air inlet" was invented by Hazem Kioua (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thomas Marlay (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Damien Lemoine (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Ophelie Schmitter (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air inlet for an aircraft propulsion unit having a movable upstream portion, a stationary downstream portion and at least one member for longitudinally translating the movable upstream portion bet...