US Patent Issued to RTX on June 23 for "Controlled particle injection in fabric for improved microstructre homogeneity in CMCs" (Connecticut, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,429, issued on June 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Controlled particle injection in fabric for improved microstructre homogeneity in CMCs" was invented by Evan Benjamin Callaway (Hartford, Conn.), Brendan M. Lenz (Wethersfield, Conn.), Kathryn S. Read (Marlborough, Conn.), Sarah A. Frith (Layton, Utah) and Olivier H. Sudre (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and CMCs made by the method are disclosed. The method can be a manual process or an automated process, such as using a robotic system, that is used for controlled delivery of ceramic pa...