ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,659, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electroconductive thermal insulating material and infrared sensor" was invented by Kunihiko Nakamura (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroconductive thermal insulating material includes first domains and at least one second domain. The first domains each have a phononic crystal, and the phononic crystal has holes arranged in plan view. The second domain is a domain formed around the first domain in plan view and having no hole."
The patent was filed on Jan. 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/425,874.
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