ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,764, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Omnia Advanced Materials S.r.l. (Alife, Italy).
"Anti-noise shim" was invented by Gino Fronzoni (Rome) and Francesco Surace (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-noise shim (100) comprising at least a perforated metal layer (110) and at least a high temperature resistant layer (120) faced/coupled together by mechanical bonding wherein the perforated metal layer comprises through holes (111) and mechanical bonding means (112), and the high temperature resistant layer comprises fibers, a filler and a binder."
The patent was filed on May 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/924,129.
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