ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,143, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NHV Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Electron beam irradiation device" was invented by Tomonori Shirahashi (Kyoto, Japan), Takashi Baba (Kyoto, Japan), Hirotaka Hayashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Hideyuki Asano (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electron beam irradiation device (1) irradiates an electron beam from an electrode (12) that is connected to a tip of a conductive part (21) which projects inside a vacuum container (11), to the exterior of the vacuum container (11) via a metal foil (111) that constitutes a portion of a peripheral wall of the vacuum container (11). The electron beam irradiat...