ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,376, issued on May 26, was assigned to Godfrey & Wing LLC (Aurora, Ohio).
"Proprietary cure module and method for impregnating graphite" was invented by Troy Sutton (Aurora, Ohio) and Adam Haviland (Aurora, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for curing solvent-impregnated (or saturated) graphite parts includes a cure module, wherein graphite parts saturated with a sealant are positioned in the cure module. Water is then placed in the cure module until the graphite parts are immersed in the water. The cure module is then pressurized to between 1 bar-20 Bar or more and the temperature of the water is maintained at a...