Patents by Inventor Thomas Perea

Thomas Perea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sacrificial materials to improve chemical vapor infiltration of BC loaded preforms
    Patent number: 11906010
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Linck, Thomas Perea
  • SACRIFICIAL MATERIALS TO IMPROVE CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION OF B4C LOADED PREFORMS
    Publication number: 20230375061
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Linck, Thomas Perea