ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,446, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TIANJIN UNIVERSITY (Tianjin, China).

"Foldable FRP plate and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Lichen Wang (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a foldable FRP plate, comprising a plurality of first regions and one or a plurality of second regions which are integrated in one piece; the second region is located between two adjacent first regions, so that the adjacent first regions being folded and unfolded relative to each other with the second region as a rotating shaft; the first regions are plate-like products manufactured by impregnating fib...