US Patent Issued to Cornerstone Research Group on April 14 for "Method of making a carbon-carbon composite with internal microchannels" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,680, issued on April 14, was assigned to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (Miamisburg, Ohio).

"Method of making a carbon-carbon composite with internal microchannels" was invented by Gray E. Fowler (Allen, Texas), James M. Davidson (Riverside, Ohio) and Garrett U. Yoder (Springboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of making a carbon-carbon composite structure with internal microchannels include (i) assembling a dry carbon fiber composite preform with a sacrificial template woven or placed within to form a primary assembly; (ii) placing the primary assembly under a sealed enclosure; (iii) applying a vacuum to the sealed en...