US Patent Issued to STANLEY ELECTRIC on Nov. 3 for "Fluid sterilization device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,689, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to STANLEY ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fluid sterilization device" was invented by Hideaki Tanaka (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Kato (Tokyo) and Kazuhisa Shinno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid sterilization device includes: an outer tube through which a fluid to be sterilized flows from one end side to the other end side in the axial direction; a flow-regulating plate that has a plurality of tapered holes having diameters thereof increasing from one end side toward the other end side in the axial direction; and a light source that applies ultraviolet light to a sterilization space on the other en...