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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2022
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
John S. Linck, Pueblo, CO (US);
Christopher C. Koroly, Spring Valley, CA (US);
Kirk Christopher Newton, Vail, AZ (US);
Vijay V. Pujar, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul T. Perea, Pueblo West, CO (US);
James W. Rudolph, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Christopher T. Kirkpatrick, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Katherine E. Waugh, Easton, CT (US);
GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a C/C part includes fabricating an oxidized PAN fiber preform comprising a stack of sheets of multi-axial, non-crimp, OPF fabric. The method includes positioning the oxidized PAN fiber preform with a female forming tool, the female forming tool comprising a die recess, and forming the oxidized PAN fiber preform into a shaped body. The shaped body is removed from the female forming tool and moved into a graphite fixture for carbonization. The carbonized shaped body may also be densified into the final C/C part. The carbonized shaped body can also be placed in a perforated graphite fixture for densification and removed from the perforated graphite fixture between densification processes for machining and for facilitating further densification.