US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites on Feb. 10 for "Method of fabricating a ceramic matrix composite including a dip coating process" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,625, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc. (Cypress, Calif.).

"Method of fabricating a ceramic matrix composite including a dip coating process" was invented by Andrew J. Ritchey (Cypress, Calif.) and Nesredin Kedir (Cypress, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) having an increased carbon content that may show improved resistance to chemical attack from molten silicon is described. The method includes depositing one or more matrix layers comprising boron nitride, silicon nitride, pyrolytic carbon, and/or silicon carbide on a fiber preform c...