US Patent Issued to HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL on May 12 for "In-situ formation of low density thermoplastic polyurethane flexible foams" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,180, issued on May 12, was assigned to HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC.

"In-situ formation of low density thermoplastic polyurethane flexible foams" was invented by Jan Vandenbroeck (Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium), Steve Andre Woutters (Deurne, Belgium), Rajesh Kumar Gajendran (Brussels), Martino Dossi (Etterbeek, Belgium), Rene Alexander Klein (Hoegaarden, Belgium) and Mark Joseph Brennan (Aarschot, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactive mixture and method for making a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) flexible foam having a predominantly open-cell structure (open-cell content of less than=50% by volume calculated on the total ...