US Patent Issued to CSP INNOVATIONS on July 14 for "Method of thickening phenolic resin and use thereof to form vehicle components" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,969, issued on July 14, was assigned to CSP INNOVATIONS INC. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Method of thickening phenolic resin and use thereof to form vehicle components" was invented by Hugh MacDowell (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Michael Hiltunen (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Steven Prascius (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of building viscosity in a sheet molding composition is provided that includes a thickening agent of at least one of magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxides, zinc oxide, borates, aluminum ion chelates, aluminum trihydrate, polyphosphate, epoxides being mixed into a phen...