US Patent Issued to NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT on May 12 for "Vaporizer and ion source" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,888, issued on May 12, was assigned to NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT Co. LTD..

"Vaporizer and 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, an arc chamber, and an extraction electrode. The vaporizer includes a crucible and a heater. The crucible stores a solid material. The heater heats the crucible. The crucible has an interior space formed by a wall, an inlet connected to the wall that releases a reactive gas into the interior space, and an outlet connected to the wall that releases the reactive gas and a vapor of the reaction pro...