ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,876, issued on April 14, was assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.).
"Port for membrane module" was invented by Holger Walter Carsten (O'Fallon, Mo.), Kenneth M. Johnson (Saint Peters, Mo.) and William Allen Updike (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane module including at least one sidewall, at least one end wall, and at least one interior volume between the at least one sidewall and the at least one end wall is described. At least one port assembly disposed on the at least one sidewall includes a port aperture in fluid flow communication with the at least one interior volume, extending substanti...