ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,456, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HORIBA LTD. (Kyoto, Japan) and EPPENDORF HIMAC TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Hitachinaka-City, Japan).
"Centrifugal sedimentation-type particle diameter distribution measurement device" was invented by Tetsuji Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Shimizu (Hitachinaka-city, Japan) and Ken Asakura (Hitachinaka-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes: a cell holding body that holds a measurement cell housing a measurement sample and a dispersion medium; a cover attached to the cell holding body so as to cover the measurement cell; a rotation section that rotates the cell hol...