US Patent Issued to PETROCERAMICS, C.I.R.A. (CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROPAZIALI) S.C.P.A. on April 21 for "Method for making a passivating coating based on one or more silicon compounds on a ceramic matrix composite reinforced with carbon fibres and ceramic matrix composite reinforced with carbon fibres with such coating" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,499, issued on April 21, was assigned to PETROCERAMICS S.P.A. (Stezzano, Italy) and C.I.R.A. (CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROPAZIALI) S.C.P.A. (Capua, Italy).

"Method for making a passivating coating based on one or more silicon compounds on a ceramic matrix composite reinforced with carbon fibres and ceramic matrix composite reinforced with carbon fibres with such coating" was invented by Lorenzo Cavalli (Stezzano, Italy), Massimiliano Valle (Stezzano, Italy), Mario De Stefano Fumo (Capua, Italy), Giuseppe Carmine Rufolo (Capua, Italy), Roberto Gardi (Capua, Italy), Stefania Cantoni (Capua, Italy) and Massimo Rosa (Capua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Pa...