ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,578, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Edge-sealed fixture for processing CMC" was invented by Evan B. Callaway (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Zachary Paul Konopaske (West Hartford, Conn.), Olivier H. Sudre (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Douglas F. Long (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture for processing a ceramic matrix composite article includes first and second tool segments that each have an exterior side and an interior side. The interior side has a border mate face, and the interior side of the first tool segment faces the interior side of the second tool segment such that the bord...