ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,066, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MABUCHI MOTOR OKEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Diaphragm pump" was invented by Kazuki Itahara (Tokyo) and Shinnosuke Nozawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diaphragm pump includes a driving mechanism including a crank body fixed to the rotating shaft of a motor, a driving shaft that is fixed to the crank body and inclined, and a driving body rotatably supported by the driving shaft via a bearing member. The driving body includes a shaft portion that stores the bearing member, and an arm portion connected to the deformation portion of a diaphragm. The bearing member includes a first bearing membe...