US Patent Issued to Nano and Advanced Materials Institute on March 18 for "Energy dissipating fiber/fabric and the method of making the same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,842, issued on March 18, was assigned to Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Energy dissipating fiber/fabric and the method of making the same" was invented by Kang Zhang (Hong Kong), Christopher Cheung Yec (Hong Kong), Jian Zhang (Hong Kong), Shilong Zhang (Hong Kong), Xiyao Zhang (Hong Kong) and Jifan Li (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy dissipating fiber and fabric for protective textile application, which can absorb energy during shocking, stretching and vibration. The disclosed fiber/fabric can include a polymer matrix, a shear-thickening material and a reinforcing filler."

The patent was...