US Patent Issued to NHK Spring on Sept. 1 for "Plate with flow channel" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,816, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NHK Spring Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Plate with flow channel" was invented by Yoshihito Araki (Kanagawa, Japan), Shuhei Morota (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihiko Hanamachi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hibiki Yokoyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate includes: a main body; a flow channel provided in the main body and configured to flow inert gas therein; a cover configured to cover a surface of the main body where the flow channel is formed; a buried member buried in an opening of the flow channel, the buried member including a buried portion fixed to the flow channel and made of de...