US Patent Issued to RTX on June 16 for "Controlled gradient of porosity in CMC" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,069, issued on June 16, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Controlled gradient of porosity in CMC" was invented by Kathryn S. Read (Marlborough, Conn.) and Brendan M. Lenz (Wethersfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a ceramic matrix composite component is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of first ceramic fiber plies including a plurality of interconnected tows and a plurality of first pores positioned between adjacent tows. The method includes applying a plurality of first ceramic particles within the plurality of first pores. Next, the method includes applying a plurali...