ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,511, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JAPAN COMPOSITE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Unsaturated polyester resin composition, molding material, molded article, and battery pack housing for electric vehicles" was invented by Ikuo Akai (Shizuoka, Japan), Masahiro Hakotani (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takashi Tsukamoto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unsaturated polyester resin composition includes: a resin component comprising an unsaturated polyester, a polymerizable monomer, and a low profile agent; aluminum hydroxide; and a fire retardant. The unsaturated polyester is a polymerized product of polybasic acid and polyhydric alcohol....