ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,568, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"Curved stiffener for a turbine engine nacelle and method for producing such a stiffener" was invented by Benjamin Provost (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Julien Lorrillard (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Bertrand Leon Marie Desjoyeaux (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pierre Parant (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Curved stiffener for a turbomachine cowl composed of a resin-impregnated fibrous reinforcement, including a stack of a plurality of layers of fibers stacked along the thickness direction and extending on the entire width of the...