ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,793, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KURARAY PLASTICS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Damping laminate" was invented by Takehiro Miyamoto (Gifu, Japan) and Teruo Kitamura (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping laminate includes a thermoplastic elastomer sheet containing a thermoplastic elastomer (a) containing at least one copolymer block (A) with a glass transition temperature of 30deg C. or lower, and having a plurality of through holes; and a fiber-reinforced resin layer disposed on one surface or each of both surfaces of the thermoplastic elastomer sheet."
The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2021, under Application No....