US Patent Issued to Group14 Technologies on March 17 for "Vibro-thermally assisted chemical vapor infiltration" (Washington, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,657, issued on March 17, was assigned to Group14 Technologies Inc. (Woodinville, Wash.).

"Vibro-thermally assisted chemical vapor infiltration" was invented by Christopher Timmons (Monroe, Wash.), Brett Kilcup (Moses Lake, Wash.), Frank Bruneel (Moses Lake, Wash.), Michael R. Pittman (North Price, Utah), Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Wash.) and Aaron M. Feaver (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reactor designs and process steps are provided for accomplishing vibro-thermally assisted chemical vapor infiltration (VTA-CVI). The provided reactors and processes overcome the challenges for manufacturing composite materials from p...