ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,627, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Refractory materials" was invented by Mehrad Mehr (Raleigh, N.C.) and Bahram Jadidian (Watchung, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming an article from a silicon-rich refractory mixture. The silicon-rich refractory mixture includes a silicon-rich silicon carbide preceramic polymer and a silicon carbide powder. The method includes heating the preform to pyrolyze the silicon-rich silicon carbide preceramic polymer and form a silicon-rich refractory material. The silicon-rich refractory material includes the silicon carbide po...