ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,280, issued on July 8, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Rotary fluid machine" was invented by Hideki Fujiwara (Osaka, Japan), Harunori Miyamura (Osaka, Japan) and Yusuke Irino (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary fluid machine includes a casing, a partition member that partitions a space in the casing into a first space and a second space, and a rotary shaft provided in the casing. The rotary shaft is rotatably supported. The partition member includes a thrust magnetic bearing that supports the rotary shaft in an axial direction."
The patent was filed on Sept. 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/...