ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,045, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Guide assembly for an aircraft propulsion unit" was invented by Pierre Pellerin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Cedric Francois Pierre Renault (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide assembly for an aircraft propulsion unit, the guide assembly having a first element and at least one guide element attached to the first element. The guide element includes a bottom wall, two lateral walls connected together by the bottom wall, and an opening defined between the bottom wall and the lateral walls. The opening is configured to rec...