ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,606, issued on May 26, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Carbon dioxide recovery system" was invented by Hiroki Takezaki (Kariya-city, Japan), Hiroaki Umeda (Kariya-city, Japan) and Takamasa Ito (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon dioxide recovery system, which is configured to separate and recover carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide containing gas, includes an adsorption unit that includes an adsorbent material that is configured to adsorb and desorb the carbon dioxide. The adsorbent material is configured to radiate heat in response to adsorption of the carbon dioxide and is configured to ab...