US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on Feb. 11 for "Method for three-dimensional or multilayer weaving of a fibrous structure and fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,726, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for three-dimensional or multilayer weaving of a fibrous structure and fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave" was invented by Dominique Marie Christian Coupe (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Celline Kribs (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Adrienne Retiveau-Leca (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fibrous structure intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a part made of composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave between a plurali...