US Patent Issued to Midori Auto Leather on July 1 for "Laminated molded body and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,973, issued on July 1, was assigned to Midori Auto Leather Co. Ltd. (Yamagata, Japan).

"Laminated molded body and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Na Sai (Yamagata, Japan) and Hideharu Higashine (Yamagata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a laminated molded body includes a cutting-out step for cutting out a cushion layer to form a cut-out part; a base material laminating step for forming a first laminated body; an insulating material placing step of attaching an insulating material to the cut-out part; a first thermocompression bonding step for bonding the first laminated body by thermocomp...