ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,675, issued on April 21, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Hollow fiber membrane module" was invented by Matsuyoshi Yamashita (Shizuoka, Japan), Yosuke Ito (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Emoto (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow fiber membrane module having: a tubular case; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes disposed within the case; sealing and fixing parts that fix the hollow fiber membranes to each other at the ends of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes; and sealing parts that seal annular gaps between the case and the sealing and fixing parts. The sealing parts are bonded to the inner peripheral su...