ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,729, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Reactor" was invented by Koichiro Ikeda (Osaka, Japan), Sho Nakagami (Osaka, Japan), Hinako Matsuo (Osaka, Japan), Yukio Hiranaka (Osaka, Japan) and Satoshi Mori (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a reactor that is capable of suppressing deformation and damage of catalyst grains due to contraction of a reaction tube after thermal expansion thereof. A reactor includes: a reaction tube A aligned in an up-down direction and having, in a bottom section thereof, a catalyst supporter receiving packed catalyst grains and allowing a processed ga...