US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Aug. 5 for "Acoustic composite including a stiffening polymer, devices, and assemblies including the same" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,388, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Acoustic composite including a stiffening polymer, devices, and assemblies including the same" was invented by Anit Dutta (Wilmington, Del.), Ryan Kenaley (Hockessin, Del.) and Lindsey Notigan (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite that includes an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane having a porous microstructure. The porous microstructure of the ePTFE membrane is impregnated with a stiffening polymer. An acoustic device assembly that includes the composite and an acoustic device is also described. The composite and th...