US Patent Issued to RTX on Oct. 21 for "Extended inner profile for mandrel for use in forming braided CMC structures" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,708, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Extended inner profile for mandrel for use in forming braided CMC structures" was invented by Jonathan L. Chin (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes the steps of placing a mandrel into a braiding machine the mandrel having a radially outer tang and a radially inner tang for holding the mandrel relative to the braiding machine. The radially outer tang having a width between the leading edge and the trailing edge smaller than a distance between the leading edge and trailing edge of the mandrel such that there is a ledge leading into th...