US Patent Issued to Safran Landing Systems on March 17 for "Method for manufacturing a part made of carbon/carbon composite material with improved mechanical properties" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,173, issued on March 17, was assigned to Safran Landing Systems (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Method for manufacturing a part made of carbon/carbon composite material with improved mechanical properties" was invented by Fanny Alousque (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Amelie Rethore (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Patrice Brender (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for manufacturing a part made from carbon/carbon composite material, comprising: the formation of a carbonaceous preform, partial densification of the preform by a pyrocarbon matrix thus forming a partially densified blank, the impregnation of the part...