US Patent Issued to RTX on Dec. 23 for "Chemical vapor infiltration tooling hole modification for optimizing infiltration in ceramic matrix composites" (Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,759, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Chemical vapor infiltration tooling hole modification for optimizing infiltration in ceramic matrix composites" was invented by Lane M. Thornton (Tolland, Conn.), Brendan Lenz (Wethersfield, Conn.), Mary Colby (West Hartford, Conn.), Andrew Joseph Lazur (La Jolla, Calif.) and Daniel P. Preuss (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling fixture suitable for use in infiltrating a fibrous preform with a reactant gas includes an outer surface and opposing inner surface defining a thickness therebetween, and a plurality of holes extending through the ...