US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites on Oct. 27 for "Additive application of machinable stock layer onto CMC components" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,807, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc. (Cypress, Calif.).

"Additive application of machinable stock layer onto CMC components" was invented by Jeffrey Crutchfield (Cypress, Calif.), Pathikumar Sellappan (Cypress, Calif.) and Christopher Mara (Cypress, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes a method for additively applying a machinable stock layer to surfaces of a ceramic matric composite (CMC) component. The method includes positioning, on a base fixture, a substrate comprising a component and a machinable stock layer on one or more surfaces of the component. The m...