ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,227, issued on May 12.
"Manufacturing method for thermal insulating material" was invented by Hiroyuki Izumi (Tokyo), Kei Togasaki (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Yokota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for a thermal insulating material, including: an applying step of applying a coating liquid obtained by mixing aerogel particles, a water-soluble polymer having a hydrophobic group, and a liquid medium such that the aerogel particles are aggregated, with a coating means applying a pressure of 1.5 MPa or less to the coating liquid to obtain a coated film; and a removing step of removing at least a part of the liquid medi...