ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,400, issued on June 16, was assigned to NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Koka-city, Japan).

"Ion source" was invented by George Sacco (Groveland, Mass.) and Sami K. Hahto (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion source includes a vaporizer having a nozzle, and a plasma generation chamber having a projection portion that projects into the plasma generation chamber. The projection portion receives an end portion of the nozzle and includes one or more apertures in fluid communication with an interior of the plasma generation chamber."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2024, under Application No. 18/673,795.

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