ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,917, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (Colombes, France).

"Sun gear for a mechanical reduction gear of an aircraft turbomachine" was invented by Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Guillaume Julien Beck (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Loic Francois (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jordane Emile Andre Peltier (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Adrien Louis Simon (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sun gear for a mechanical gearbox of an aircraft turbomachine, the sun g...