ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,645, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Commingled fiber preform architecture for high temperature composites" was invented by Katherine E. Waugh (San Diego), Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego), Christopher C. Koroly (Spring Valley, Calif.) and Bryan Thai (Poway, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commingled fiber preform is provided. The commingled fiber preform includes at least one first fabric layer and a second fabric layer. The second fabric layer is positioned on top of the at least one first fabric layer. The second fabric layer is joined to the at least one first fabric layer via through thickne...