US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 18 for "Metal matrix composite tape fabrication, braiding, and consolidation to form metal matrix composite parts" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,792, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Metal matrix composite tape fabrication, braiding, and consolidation to form metal matrix composite parts" was invented by Antonio Carlos Rufin (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for braiding Metal Matrix composite (MMC) tape. One method includes drawing multiple lanes of MMC tape, comprising a matrix of metal reinforced by fibers, from bobbins arranged around a mandrel. The method also includes braiding the multiple lanes to form a preform at the mandrel for an MMC part and consolidating the preform via application of heat...