ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,343, issued on April 8, was assigned to Adler Evo S.R.L (Virle Piemonte, Italy) and Phononic Vibes S.R.L. (Milan).
"Metamaterial sound insulation device" was invented by Giorgio Lesage (Turin, Italy), Maurizio Tarello (Caluso, Italy), Massimiliano Tiengo (Villafranca Piemento, Italy), Luca D'Alessandro (Chieti, Italy), Giovanni Capellari (Milan) and Simone Meduri (Udine, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is described a metamaterial sound insulation device, with improved efficiency in dampening sound transmission across it compared to a traditional sound insulation device having comparable size and weight. The device is especial...