US Patent Issued to SAFRAN NACELLES on March 25 for "Thrust reverser comprising pivoting half-assemblies and a connecting beam for the half-assemblies at the six o'clock position" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,925, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Thrust reverser comprising pivoting half-assemblies and a connecting beam for the half-assemblies at the six o'clock position" was invented by Patrick Andre Boileau (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Julien Chandelier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Laurent Georges Valleroy (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust reverser for a propulsion unit, incudes movable grids, two half-assemblies forming part of a secondary stream and, at the six o'clock position, a connecting beam intended to be mounted in cantilever with a fan housing. T...