US Patent Issued to NOK on Sept. 29 for "Hollow fiber membrane module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,514, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Hollow fiber membrane module" was invented by Matsuyoshi Yamashita (Shizuoka, Japan) and Yosuke Ito (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow fiber membrane module includes: an inner case; an outer case that covers the inner case from an outer periphery side with a space left therebetween; at least one bypass pipe that connects to the inner case in the space between the inner case and the outer case; and a plurality of hollow fiber membranes that are provided in the space, the inner case including, on an upstream side, an introduction portion that establishe...