ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,437, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Shimming adhesive" was invented by Sohaib Elgimiabi (Dusseldorf, Germany), Stefan Spiekermann (Neuss, Germany) and Lianzhou Chen (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are two-part shimming adhesives comprising a base part and a hardener part that are curable upon mixing. The base part includes a multifunctional epoxy resin having an epoxide functionality of at least three, a difunctional epoxy resin miscibly blended with the multifunctional epoxy resin. The hardener part includes a polyetheramine. Either the base part or hardener...