US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on Jan. 20 for "Carbon nanotube composite wire and manufacturing method therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,168, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Carbon nanotube composite wire and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Ken Nishiura (Shizuoka, Japan) and Junichiro Tokutomi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a carbon nanotube composite wire including: a substrate; a carbon nanotube; and a thin metal film formed on the carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotube has a peak ratio (G/D) of a G band to a D band in a Raman spectrum of 5 or more and 30 or less, a carbon nanotube occupied area ratio that is a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the carbon nanotube to a sum of the cross-sec...