US Patent Issued to RTX on Dec. 30 for "Repair of ceramic vane using over-wrap fiber ply and re-stagger" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,019, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Repair of ceramic vane using over-wrap fiber ply and re-stagger" was invented by Raymond Surace (Newington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of repairing a ceramic vane includes providing a ceramic vane that includes a platform and an airfoil section that extends from the platform. The platform includes a mounting surface for supporting the ceramic vane and the airfoil section includes a damaged region. An over-wrap fiber ply is wrapped around the airfoil section and covers the damaged region. The over-wrap fiber ply is then densified with a ceramic ...