ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,474, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Structure for manufacturing cast article" was invented by Yuki Mashiko (Moka, Japan), Yoshiyuki Kibe (Utsunomiya, Japan), Shohei Natsui (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Toshihiko Mori (Utsunomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure for manufacturing a cast article includes an organic component, at least a portion thereof being an organic fiber. The structure has a mass reduction rate of 1 mass % or greater to less than 20 mass % when heated under nitrogen atmosphere at 1000deg C. for 30 minutes. The cast-article-manufacturing structure includes an inorganic particle. The ...