US Patent Issued to Hanwha Azdel on Sept. 1 for "Impact resistant underbody shield materials and articles and methods of using them" (Virginia, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,719, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hanwha Azdel Inc. (Forest, Va.).

"Impact resistant underbody shield materials and articles and methods of using them" was invented by Yankai Yang (Lynchburg, Va.), Anthony J Messina (Macomb, Mich.) and Mark O. Mason (Covington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Underbody shield materials that can provide an underbody shield with high impact resistance are described. In some configurations, an underbody shield composition comprises a porous core layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing fibers, a lofting agent and a thermoplastic material. In some instances, the underbody shield composition m...