ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,941, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Imerys USA Inc. (Roswell, Ga.).
"Composites for reducing noise" was invented by Prasad Raut (San Jose, Calif.) and Maziyar Bolourchi (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to the use of a thermoplastic polymer-wollastonite composite and/or a thermoplastic elastomer-wollastonite composite for reducing noise. The present invention is also directed to an article comprising a thermoplastic polymer-wollastonite composite and/or a thermoplastic elastomer-wollastonite composite, a method of making an article according to the invention, and a device comprisi...