US Patent Issued to Spirit AeroSystems on Oct. 7 for "Method to produce low-cost metal matrix composites for industrial, sports, and commercial applications" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,403, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, Kan.).

"Method to produce low-cost metal matrix composites for industrial, sports, and commercial applications" was invented by Rahbar Nasserrafi (Wichita, Kan.), Kerrick Dando (Wichita, Kan.) and Gerald Hicks (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a metal matrix composite component includes positioning a preform including an electrically non-conductive fibrous material in a shaping tool. The fibrous material is pre-coated. The method includes flowing a molten metal comprising zinc into the shaping tool so that at least a portion of the...