US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on July 14 for "Membrane-dehumidification technologies for electronic component protection" (Indiana, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,732, issued on July 14, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Membrane-dehumidification technologies for electronic component protection" was invented by James Edward Braun (West Lafayette, Ind.), David Elan Martin Warsinger (Carmel, Ind.), Songhao Wu (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Andrew J Fix (Ballwin, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure for housing electronics, including a housing portion defining an inner volume, an aperture formed through the housing portion, and a water selective membrane operationally connected to the aperture and positioned to selectively pass water molecules from the inn...