US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 20 for "Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component resistant to edge cracks" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,177, issued on May 20, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component resistant to edge cracks" was invented by Grant Henson (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes a plurality of CMC plies stacked together to form a laminate structure. First and second CMC plies of the laminate structure are formed from a CMC material reinforced with a fiber material and have first and second fiber orientations, respectively. The first and second fiber orientations are arranged in a cross-ply pattern in a plane of the laminate structure. The...