ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,349, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"High temperature brazing of metals and ceramics to carbon substrates" was invented by Mehrad Mehr (Raleigh, N.C.), Bahram Jadidian (Watchung, N.J.) and Neil Murdie (Granger, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first component comprising a carbon composite substrate. A high temperature coating is disposed on the surface of the carbon composite substrate. The high temperature coating includes a bond layer of a metal carbide on the surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes a second component, and braze material joining...