US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) on Jan. 20 for "Foamable cross-linkable thermoplastic material, connector and manufacturing method thereof" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,237, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Foamable cross-linkable thermoplastic material, connector and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Zhongxi Huang (Shanghai) and Jiankun (Jerry) Zhou (Middletown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foamable cross-linkable thermoplastic material comprises a matrix polymer of any one or a mixture of two or more of polyethylene (PE), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) and polypropylene (PP), a cross-linking agent, and a foaming agent. A weight ratio of the cross-linking agent to the matrix polymer is 1-5:100. A weight ratio of the foa...