US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 11 for "Minimization of chemical vapor infiltration tooling hole length through counterbores" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,915, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Minimization of chemical vapor infiltration tooling hole length through counterbores" was invented by Alyson T. Burdette (Gilbertsville, Pa.), Kathryn S. Read (Marlborough, Conn.) and Kenneth Petroski (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling assembly suitable for use in infiltrating a fibrous preform comprises a perforated fixture having a thickness. The fixture comprises a plurality of holes extending through the thickness, and a first counterbore aligned with at least one hole of the plurality of holes, the first counterbore having a first leng...