US Patent Issued to Polyplastics on May 20 for "Automobile interior component made from polyacetal resin" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,034, issued on May 20, was assigned to Polyplastics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Automobile interior component made from polyacetal resin" was invented by Hatsuhiko Harashina (Shizuoka, Japan), Tomohiro Monma (Shizuoka, Japan) and Akihiro Tamaoka (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automobile interior component obtained using a specific polyacetal resin composition which allows for stable suppression of the generation of mold deposits during molding at elevated temperatures, and the reduction of the amount of formaldehyde generated from a molded article to an extremely low level, as well as the prevention of the bleed-out of an ...