US Patent Issued to RTX on Nov. 25 for "Ceramic matrix composite part release from chemical vapor infiltration tooling" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,773, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Ceramic matrix composite part release from chemical vapor infiltration tooling" was invented by Raymond Surace (Newington, Conn.) and Brendan Lenz (Wethersfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for use in releasing a preform from a tooling fixture comprises a solid body engageable with the fixture via a seal, a manifold formed in the solid body and in flow communication with the preform via a plurality of holes in the tooling fixture, and a fluid source in flow communication with the manifold and configured to supply fluid to the manifold. The fl...