US Patent Issued to IHI AEROSPACE on May 12 for "Ceramic matrix composite and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,973, issued on May 12, was assigned to IHI AEROSPACE Co. LTD. (Gunma, Japan).

"Ceramic matrix composite and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yuki Kubota (Tokyo), Michimasa Uda (Tokyo), Haruhiko Soeda (Tokyo) and Takuya Aoki (Chofu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite including a matrix and reinforcing fibers provided in the matrix. The method includes infiltrating a fiber body with powder of a ceramic material that becomes a part of the matrix. The fiber body is constituted by the reinforcing fibers. The method includes arranging, in a liquid material for...