US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Sept. 16 for "High temperature oxidation protection for carbon-carbon composites" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,759, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"High temperature oxidation protection for carbon-carbon composites" was invented by Atta Khan (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure may comprise: applying a ceramic layer slurry to the composite structure, wherein the ceramic layer slurry comprises aluminum and silicon in a solvent or carrier fluid; and heating the composite structure in an environment comprising nitrogen gas and oxygen gas to form a ceramic layer on the composite structure, wherein the ceramic layer com...