ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,980, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) and A.L.M.T. Corp. (Tokyo).
"Composite member" was invented by Ryota Matsugi (Osaka, Japan), Isao Iwayama (Osaka, Japan), Chieko Tanaka (Toyama, Japan) and Hideaki Morigami (Toyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite member having an excellent heat resistance is provided. The composite member includes: a substrate composed of a composite material including a non-metal phase and a metal phase; and a metal layer that covers at least a portion of a surface of the substrate, wherein a metal included in each of the metal phase and the me...