US Patent Issued to SAFRAN POWER UNITS on May 13 for "Removable mechanical part for acoustic insulation of an air inlet casing" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,773, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAFRAN POWER UNITS (Toulouse, France).

"Removable mechanical part for acoustic insulation of an air inlet casing" was invented by Laurent Stephane Tardy (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Jaime Georges Paul Culla (Moissy Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an acoustic insulation assembly for an auxiliary power unit having a centrifugal compressor (1), comprising a ring-shaped casing (8) for an air inlet (3) and comprising a plurality of reinforcing arms (9) connecting its inner walls, a plurality of removable mechanical acoustic insulation parts (10), each mechani...