ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,547, issued on May 20, was assigned to Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Sound attenuator as well as elements and a method of production thereof" was invented by Erin Komi (Espoo, Finland), Jukka Tanttari (Espoo, Finland), Antti Hynninen (Espoo, Finland) and Seppo Uosukainen (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present disclosure is proposed a novel sound attenuating element for, at least in part, providing adequate or preferably improved sound attenuating properties without excessively impeding flow while being susceptible to automated or machine assisted manufacturing or for providing the public ...