ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,555, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).
"Metal-covered liquid crystal polyester multifilament" was invented by Tomoki Sakai (Okayama, Japan), Takashi Katayama (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Kawai (Okayama, Japan), Masashi Nishida (Tokyo) and Tsugumi Yoshida (Kurashiki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-covered liquid crystal polyester multifilament, comprising: two or more metal-covered liquid crystal polyester monofilaments in which a surface of each liquid crystal polyester monofilament is covered with a metal having a thickness of 0.1 to 20 micro metre, wherein in a cross-sectional photograph me...