ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,710, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Composite member" was invented by Natsuki Sato (Osaka, Japan), Naoki Kurizoe (Osaka, Japan), Ryosuke Sawa (Osaka, Japan) and Tatsuro Yoshioka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composite member including: an inorganic matrix part made from an inorganic substance that includes at least one of a metal oxide or a metal oxide hydroxide as a main component, contains substantially no single metal and alloy, and is a diamagnetic substance or a paramagnetic substance; and a ferromagnetic material part that is p...