US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Feb. 24 for "Oxidation protective systems and methods of manufacture" (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,634, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Oxidation protective systems and methods of manufacture" was invented by Zhongfen Ding (South Windsor, Conn.), Kevin R. Bordage (Westfield, Mass.) and Steven Poteet (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a carbon-carbon composite structure comprises applying a silicone-based slurry to the carbon-carbon composite structure, the silicone-based slurry including metal pigments disposed therein; applying a sealing slurry to the silicone-based slurry; and heating the carbon-carbon composite structur...