ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,962, issued on July 29, was assigned to TONGJI UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).
"Sound absorption and load bearing integrated structure and preparation method thereof" was invented by Fan Yang (Shanghai), Zhengmiao Guo (Shanghai), Jinfeng Zhao (Shanghai) and Pengfei Li (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a sound absorption and load bearing integrated structure and a preparation method thereof. The sound absorption and load bearing integrated structure comprises of a first connecting node and a holed hollow rod connected to the first connecting node. The first connecting node is of a solid structure, and the connecting portion...