US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 18 for "Single-layer ceramic-based knit fabric for high temperature bulb seals" (California, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,820, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Single-layer ceramic-based knit fabric for high temperature bulb seals" was invented by Tiffany A. Stewart (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Christopher P. Henry (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Amoret M. Chappell (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Knit fabrics having ceramic strands, thermal protective members formed therefrom and to their methods of construction are disclosed. Methods for fabricating thermal protection using multiple materials which may be concurrently knit are also disclosed. This unique capability to knit high temperature ceramic fibers co...