US Patent Issued to IBIDEN on April 14 for "Thermal insulation material and method for producing thermal insulation material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,681, issued on April 14, was assigned to IBIDEN Co. Ltd. (Gifu, Japan).

"Thermal insulation material and method for producing thermal insulation material" was invented by Tomoya Kobayashi (Gifu, Japan) and Hiro Kitaguchi (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal insulation material having carbon fibers, the thermal insulation material containing; a covering layer containing pyrolytic carbon at a surface of the thermal insulation material; and a base layer containing carbon-based particles between the carbon fibers below the covering layer. A method for producing a thermal insulation material including: forming a base lay...