ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,371, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Pourable polyurethane foam with energy attenuating properties" was invented by Suvankar Mishra (Carrollton, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to a pourable foam comprising a first resin component comprising a polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, a second resin component comprising a polyol, and a barium sulfate powder component. The barium sulfate powder component is combined with the second resin component prior to combining the first and second resin components. The barium sulfate component may comprise between ...