ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,368, issued on March 31, was assigned to SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC. (Osaka, Japan).

"Gas supply system, mechanical foaming system, and gas supply method" was invented by Masaharu Takada (Osaka, Japan) and Kiichi Yamashita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention allows measurement of a precise amount of gas by preventing sudden flow rate fluctuations of gas. A gas supply system 1a for a mixing-discharging apparatus 90 to mix gas and paste material includes a regulator 2 adapted to control pressure of gas supplied to the mixing-discharging apparatus, a flow meter 3 adapted to measure flow rate of the gas, a ga...