ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,912, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kitagawa Industries Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Black elastomer molded article" was invented by Shinya Washino (Kasugai, Japan), Ken Huruta (Kasugai, Japan) and Jo Tamura (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A black elastomer molded article according to the present technology is provided with an affixing surface to which an adherend having light transmission property is affixed in a removable manner, wherein the black elastomer molded article includes a thermoplastic elastomer, a black substance, and a softening agent and has an FP hardness of 85 or less, a reflectance (Ym value) of the...