US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on April 14 for "Composite member, and heat generation device, building member and light emitting device, each of which uses same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,673, issued on April 14, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Composite member, and heat generation device, building member and light emitting device, each of which uses same" was invented by Natsuki Sato (Osaka, Japan) and Naoki Kurizoe (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite member includes a matrix part including an inorganic substance, and an organic infrared absorbing material present in a dispersed state inside the matrix part. The composite member has a porosity of 20% or less in a section of the matrix part. A heat generation device includes the composite membe...