US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RIKO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Aug. 12 for "Thermal insulation material for battery pack and battery pack" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,133, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY Ltd. (Aichi-ken, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Thermal insulation material for battery pack and battery pack" was invented by Naoki Katayama (Aichi-ken, Japan), Shinji Kumagai (Aichi-ken, Japan), Shota Hayashi (Aichi-ken, Japan), Yutaro Taguchi (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Yuji Shintaku (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal insulation material for a battery pack includes: a thermal insulation layer; and a first base material and a second base material that are arranged with the thermal insulation layer interposed therebetween. The therm...