ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,038, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Radiative cooling device" was invented by Masahiro Suemitsu (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Sugimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radiative cooling device that is flexible, has increased weather resistance, and can be produced at a low cost. The radiative cooling device includes: an infrared radiative layer A having a radiative surface H for radiating infrared light IR; and a light reflective layer B on a side of the infrared radiative layer A, which is opposite to the radiative surface H. The infrared radiative layer A is a resin mate...