US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN ECOPHON on Sept. 9 for "Method for manufacturing acoustical elements" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,584, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ECOPHON AB (Hyllinge, Sweden).

"Method for manufacturing acoustical elements" was invented by Pierre Chigot (Helsingborg, Sweden), Emma Arvidsson (Helsingborg, Sweden), Erling Nilsson (Lund, Sweden) and Tommy Mansson (Angelholm, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing acoustical elements, includes providing a first fibre component in a form of mineral wool and a second fibre component in a form of bicomponent fibres having a core with a thermoplastic outer layer, mixing the first fibre component and the second fibre component, for provision of a mixture, s...