US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Feb. 11 for "Drawn polymer fibers for use in thermal applications" (Massachusetts, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,168, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Drawn polymer fibers for use in thermal applications" was invented by John G. Brisson (Rockport, Mass.), Kyle J. Thompson (Lynnfield, Mass.), John Cummings (Stoneham, Mass.), Jacob Lazer Adams (McLean, Va.) and Lauren Cantley (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drawn polymer fibers have internal channels running, at least partially, through the length of the fibers. These fibers may be configured to for use as thermal isolators that can thermally isolate material at the central core of the fiber from the outside environment...