US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 24 for "Flexible and compression-resistant, thermally-insulating composite" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,941, issued on June 24, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Flexible and compression-resistant, thermally-insulating composite" was invented by Tye Langston (Lynn Haven, Fla.) and David Swedberg (Panama City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally-insulating composite includes a first skin, a second skin, and a multi-layer core disposed between the first skin and second skin. The multi-layer core has a plurality of open-cell layers. Each open-cell layer includes a contiguous framework of open cells. A separating layer of gas impervious material is disposed between adjace...