ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,733, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Gap-filling method, filled-gap-containing structure, and method for producing a filled-gap-containing structure" was invented by Atsushi Takashima (Ibaraki, Japan) and Ginji Mizuhara (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a gap-filling method whereby a structure having a gap can be appropriately inhibited from being adversely affected by edges of the gap. The present invention relates to a gap-filling method including filling a gap of a structure having the gap therein by inserting a threadlike adhesive body into and alon...