ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,114, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Agfa-Gevaert NV (Mortsel, Belgium).
"Manufacturing method for a reinforced separator" was invented by Willem Mues (Mortsel, Belgium), Hanne Verwaest (Mortsel, Belgium) and Cristina Tudisco (Mortsel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a reinforced separator comprising the steps of:-providing a porous support (6) on a pre-wetted casting drum (23);-applying a dope solution (3) including a polymer resin and hydrophilic inorganic particles on a side of the porous support other than the side of the porous support in contact with the pre-wetted casting drum;-performing phase ...