US Patent Issued to RTX on Nov. 25 for "Chemical vapor infiltration tooling for optimizing infiltration in ceramic matrix composites" (Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,775, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Chemical vapor infiltration tooling for optimizing infiltration in ceramic matrix composites" was invented by Daniel P. Preuss (Glastonbury, Conn.), Andrew Joseph Lazur (La Jolla, Calif.), Brendan Lenz (Wethersfield, Conn.), Lane M. Thornton (Tolland, Conn.) and Mary Colby (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling fixture suitable for use in infiltrating a fibrous preform with a flow of reactant gas includes at least one wall. The at least one wall includes an outer surface and opposing inner surface defining a thickness therebetween, and a p...