US Patent Issued to SAFRAN on Nov. 25 for "Method for manufacturing a composite blade for an aircraft engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,170, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris).

"Method for manufacturing a composite blade for an aircraft engine" was invented by Adrien Touze (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Magali Melanie Coulaud (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Nicolas Pierre Lanfant (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Matthieu Stackler (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing a blade made of composite material for a turbomachine is provided. The blade includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side which extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil. The blade further includes a metal sheath that ex...