US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on March 11 for "High temperature oxidation protection for composites" (Connecticut, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,994, issued on March 11, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"High temperature oxidation protection for composites" was invented by Steven A. Poteet (Hamden, Conn.), Katherine Urena Pimentel (Manchester, Conn.), Philip Sheehan (Pueblo West, Colo.) and John Weaver (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure are provided. The method includes applying a composite slurry to the composite structure, wherein the composite slurry comprises boron carbide, silicon carbide, borosilicate glass, an oxygen reactant compound including a silica f...