US Patent Issued to Swift Textile Metalizing on Sept. 29 for "Lightweight rf shielding conductive elastomeric tape" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,376, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Swift Textile Metalizing LLC (Bloomfield, Conn.).

"Lightweight rf shielding conductive elastomeric tape" was invented by Bryan T. Wyrebek (Bristol, Conn.), Alexander T. Smith (Simsbury, Conn.) and Jared DG Butlin (Longmeadow, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightweight electromagnetic wave shielding tape is disclosed. The tape includes a first polymer protective layer, a calendered conductive material layer coupled to a bottom side of the first polymer protective layer, and a second polymer protective layer coupled to a bottom side of the conductive material layer so that the conductiv...