US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Riko on June 30 for "Soundproof cover" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,082, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Soundproof cover" was invented by Kazuyoshi Onishi (Aichi, Japan), Akio Yabu (Aichi, Japan), Junki Owaki (Aichi, Japan), Satoshi Makimura (Aichi, Japan), Koki Kaneda (Aichi, Japan), Koji Tomiyama (Aichi, Japan), Takashi Miyanaga (Gifu, Japan) and Yukio Hatanaka (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soundproof cover which covers a target object is provided with: a sound absorbing sheet which is formed in a planar shape by means of a sound absorbing material and which covers the surface of the target object; and a reinforcing member which is dispose...