ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,764, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Composite material, flying body and composite material manufacturing method" was invented by Kosuke Nishikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material manufacturing method includes: laminating a first sheet (210) including a first slurry (214) and a third sheet (230) including a third slurry (234); and heating the first sheet (210) and the third sheet (230) that are laminated to a temperature of transforming to ceramics by pyrolysis to form an intermediate body (300). The manufacturing method further includes impregnating the interm...