ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,397, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Midas Wei Trading Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Discharge device" was invented by Tao-Chin Wei (Taoyuan County, Taiwan), Yuan-Ping Liu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yi-Cheng Liu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic discharge device including at least two conductive materials isolated from each other and at least one electrostatic eliminator. The conductive materials are located outside two opposite side walls of an insulated fluid-carrying member and separated from the side walls thereof. When electrostatic charges are accumulated on the insulated fluid-carrying member, the elec...