ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,370, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Foam and method for manufacturing foam" was invented by Yasuhiro Kawaguchi (Yamaguchi, Japan), Yusaku Uchiyama (Yamaguchi, Japan), Takehisa Sugaya (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Katsuhiro Nakazato (Yamaguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims to provide a foam that is less likely to deflate even after prolonged or repeated load application, has low density, and has good appearance quality, and a method for producing the foam. Provided is a foam including cells dispersed in an elastomer resin, the foam having a thickness of 300 m...