US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 27 for "Ultra-low density aerogel-based material and method of manufacture" (Argentinean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,829, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Ultra-low density aerogel-based material and method of manufacture" was invented by Haibo Zhao (Northville, Mich.), Deborah Frances Mielewski (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala (Troy, Mich.) and Alper Kiziltas (Sarikamis, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an aerogel-based material includes placing a sol mixture into a cavity of a tool. The sol mixture includes a precursor and a solvent. The cavity of the tool is sealed and the sol mixture is heated under pressure to at least supercritical conditions, thereby...