ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,214, issued on April 21, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Conductive nonwoven fabric, and method for manufacturing conductive nonwoven fabric" was invented by Hiroki Kondo (Susono, Japan), Satoka Ohnishi (Susono, Japan) and Satoko Hongo (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a conductive nonwoven fabric and a manufacturing method thereof, the conductive nonwoven fabric including: a plated felt portion including a felt portion formed of a plurality of first fibers that extend in irregular directions and that are stacked, and a metal plating applied to the first fibers of the felt portion; and at least ...