ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,086, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Silencing device and air supply system" was invented by Shinya Hakuta (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Shogo Yamazoe (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan), Yoshihiro Sugawara (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Akihiko Ohtsu (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silencing device and an air supply system according to an embodiment of the present invention include a resonance silencer provided at a position connected to a space in which the sound source is located within the air supply system in order to silence the noise generated from the sound source in the housing, in whi...