ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,442, issued on July 15, was assigned to KOTOBUKIYA FRONTE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Automobile component" was invented by Tetsuya Masumura (Gyoda, Japan) and Yuki Miyata (Gyoda, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an automobile component capable of improving sound absorption performance by damping due to vibration of a thin film as well as reducing weight of the automobile component. An automobile component of the present invention includes a core layer 10 in which tubular cells 20 are arranged in a plurality of rows, and a nonwoven fabric layer 30 on one or both surfaces of the core layer. The cells have closed surfaces ...