US Patent Issued to UNIFRAX I on Feb. 24 for "Lightweight nonwoven fiber mats" (New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,434, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to UNIFRAX I LLC (Tonawanda, N.Y.).

"Lightweight nonwoven fiber mats" was invented by Kevin E. Siters (Cheektowaga, N.Y.), Kenneth B. Miller (Lockport, N.Y.), Daniel Brandel (Lancaster, N.Y.), Mark D. Stahlman (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Mauricio Munhoz de Souza (Amherst, N.Y.), Bruce K. Zoitos (Williamsville, N.Y.), Adam Kelsall (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Chad D. Cannan (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonwoven fiber mats include primarily B-glass fibers, and have a thickness of about 10 to about 700 microns and a basis weight of about 1 to 70 g/m2. The mats are generally thermally stable ...