US Patent Issued to Tyco Electronics UK, Tyco Electronics Raychem on May 27 for "Elastomeric material" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,454, issued on May 27, was assigned to Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. (Swindon, Great Britain) and Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany).

"Elastomeric material" was invented by Matthew Paul James (Swindon, Great Britain), Ladislaus Kehl (Ottobrunn, Germany) and David Francis Pearce (Swindon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastomeric material for providing electrical stress control comprises 5 to 40 volume percent low structured carbon black, 0.5 to 10 volume percent of high structured carbon black, up to about 30 volume percent of high permittivity inorganic fillers, and a remainder of polymeric carrier mater...