ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,378, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Shaping powder" was invented by Hiroyuki Sendan (Osaka, Japan), Tadahiro Yabu (Osaka, Japan), Yukihiro Fukagawa (Osaka, Japan), Kenta Murayama (Osaka, Japan), Tomohiro Shiromaru (Osaka, Japan), Toshio Miyatani (Osaka, Japan), Masahiro Kondou (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroyuki Hamada (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaped body of a fluororesin obtained using a shaping material comprising a powder of a fluororesin. The powder of the fluororesin has a static bulk density of 0.3 g/ml or more and 1.5 g/ml or less, and a particle diameter of 10 micro metr...