US Patent Issued to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY on July 22 for "Shape-stable structures with ablative cooling" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,635, issued on July 22, was assigned to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Shape-stable structures with ablative cooling" was invented by James Timothy Cahill (Livermore, Calif.) and Qi Rong Yang (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape-stable structure that is configured to provide ablative cooling. The structure is used to form a component that includes shape-stable bulk structure and an ablative material. The bulk structure is infiltrated with the ablative material so that the ablative material is disposed in pathways defined by the bulk structure."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 202...