ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,635, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Electrodialysis device" was invented by Kaoru Egawa (Tokyo) and Yoshiaki Ito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electrodialysis device comprises: an electrodialyzer stack having a cathode, an anode, and a membrane unit including at least three membranes provided at intervals between the cathode and the anode, wherein a dilution chamber and a concentration chamber is formed between adjacent membranes; a liquid-to-be-treated feed device that causes a liquid to be treated to flow through the dilution chamber to obtain a diluted liquid; a concentra...