US Patent Issued to General Atomics on Sept. 16 for "Engineered SiC-SiC composite and monolithic SiC layered structures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,853, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to General Atomics (San Diego).

"Engineered SiC-SiC composite and monolithic SiC layered structures" was invented by Christian Peter Deck (San Diego), Jiping Zhang (San Diego), Christina Back (San Diego) and Jonathan David Sheeder (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, structures, devices, and fabrication processes for ceramic matrix composites suitable for use in a nuclear reactor environment and other applications requiring materials that can withstand high temperatures and/or highly corrosive environments are disclosed. In one aspect, a ceramic composite structure is provided. The...