ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,349, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc.

"Method of using permeable membrane in the debulking of cmc prepreg material" was invented by Virtudes Rubio Diaz (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method used for forming ceramic matrix composite components includes several steps. The method comprises arranging a layup of a predetermined number of pre-impregnated ceramic plies on a layup too and a plurality of different stages to debulk and consolidate the layup."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/984,579.

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