ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,107, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Granulated feedstock for additively manufacturing ceramic components" was invented by Henry Charles McGuigan (Duanesburg, N.Y.), William Francis Navojosky (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) and Reza Sarrafi-Nour (Clifton Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component are provided. The method may include building a plurality of successive layers of the ceramic component through a selective solidification of a composite feedstock comprising a plurality of composite granules and densifying the ceramic compone...