ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,822, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOBO Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Laminate" was invented by Keisuke Matsuo (Otsu, Japan) and Tetsuo Okuyama (Otsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a laminate that has excellent long-term heat resistance even when a metal substrate having a high surface roughness is used. A heat-resistant polymer film, an adhesive layer, and a metal substrate are layered in this order in the laminate. The laminate is characterized in that the adhesive layer is a silane coupling agent-derived adhesive layer and/or a silicone-derived adhesive layer, the adhesive strength F0 of the laminate prior to l...