US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Riko on Oct. 20 for "Soundproof member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,600, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Soundproof member" was invented by Nobuyoshi Seto (Aichi, Japan), Toshiki Matsuoka (Aichi, Japan), Koji Tomiyama (Aichi, Japan) and Kazuyoshi Onishi (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soundproof member is capable of being lightweight and simplifying the manufacturing process.The soundproof member which covers an object includes a sound absorbing body molded from foamed resin and a cover body molded from foamed resin. Multiple fitting concave units are provided on a circumferential side surface of the sound absorbing body, and multiple fitting ...