ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,859, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Aerogel composite" was invented by Mi Ri Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Hye Hahm (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoungshil Oh (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerogel composite may include a substrate and an aerogel, where a ratio of a carbon content in a surface of the aerogel composite to a total carbon content of the aerogel composite is from 2 to 3. The aerogel composite, when used in a high-temperature environment, may generate a low amount of a volatile organic compound (VOC), so that the generation of a bad odor is suppressed, and the hyd...