US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on June 24 for "In-situ silicon oxycarbide formation in carbon-carbon composites" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,186, issued on June 24, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"In-situ silicon oxycarbide formation in carbon-carbon composites" was invented by Atta Khan (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a carbon-carbon composite may comprise forming a silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) precursor sol and infiltrating a fibrous preform with the SiOC precursor sol. A SiOC forming heating treatment may be performed on the fibrous preform to form SiOC particles. The fibrous preform may be densified using chemical vapor infiltration to form a densified fibrous preform."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2022, under ...