US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on May 20 for "Composites and methods of forming composites having an increased volume of oxidation resistant ceramic particles" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,869, issued on May 20, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Composites and methods of forming composites having an increased volume of oxidation resistant ceramic particles" was invented by Christopher T. Kirkpatrick (Pueblo West, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber reinforced composite component may include interleaved textile layers and ceramic particle layers coated with matrix material. The fiber reinforced composite component may be fabricated by forming a fibrous preform and densifying the fibrous preform. The fibrous preform may be fabricated by performing a silicon melt infiltration after the densificat...