US Patent Issued to Safran Nacelles on May 27 for "Method for creating alveolar cores having open inner conical shapes" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,486, issued on May 27, was assigned to Safran Nacelles (Gonfreville l'Orcher, France).

"Method for creating alveolar cores having open inner conical shapes" was invented by Bertrand Desjoyeaux (Moissy Cramayel, France), Marc Versaevel (Moissy Cramayel, France), Mathieu Preau (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Laurent Moreau (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a sound attenuating panel uses an alveolar-core structure including a first edge and a second edge separated by alveolar cells, the alveolar cells including walls extending from the first and second edges and defining a primary conduit f...