ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,867, issued on May 20, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Composite member" was invented by Tatsuro Yoshioka (Osaka, Japan), Ryosuke Sawa (Osaka, Japan), Naoki Kurizoe (Osaka, Japan) and Natsuki Sato (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composite member including an inorganic matrix part that is made from an inorganic substance including a metal oxide hydroxide; and an electrically conductive material part that is present in a dispersed state inside the inorganic matrix part and has electric conductivity. In the composite member, a porosity in a cross section of ...