US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 22 for "Polymer fibers with shear-thickening liquid cores" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,262, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Polymer fibers with shear-thickening liquid cores" was invented by Jeffrey G. Lundin (Burke, Va.), Michael J. Bertocchi (Alexandria, Va.), Robert B. Balow (Mount Ranier, Md.) and James H. Wynne (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fiber having a solid sheath and a liquid core. The liquid core has shear-thickening viscosity. Also disclosed is a method of electrospinning the fiber. The fiber may be useful for mechanical and sound damping."

The patent was file...