US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN on May 12 for "Prepreg for ceramic matrix composite" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,972, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN (Courbevoie, France).

"Prepreg for ceramic matrix composite" was invented by Jerome Leloup (Le Thor, France), Franceline Marguerite Louise Villermaux (Avignon, France) and Christian His (Cavaillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prepreg including a support with, for more than 90% of the weight thereof, of ceramic fibers, and a thermoreversible liquefiable gel covering, at least in part, at least one portion of the ceramic fibers. The liquefiable gel including: 20% to 60% of ceramic particles and 0% to 10% of metal particles, both as ...