US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on June 23 for "Extruded thermoplastic foams and uses in applications requiring strength and lightweight" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,583, issued on June 23, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Extruded thermoplastic foams and uses in applications requiring strength and lightweight" was invented by Hayim Abrevaya (Charlotte, N.C.), Keith Lehuta (Charlotte, N.C.) and Susie Martins (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are extruded foam comprising an extruded thermoplastic, closed-cell foam having at least a first surface and comprising: (i) thermoplastic polymer cell walls formed by an extrusion step, with the walls being comprised of at least about 0.5% by weight of ethylene furanoate moieties and optionally one or m...