ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,452, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to IWAKI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Mounting structure for diaphragm and retainer" was invented by Masaki Kikuchi (Iruma-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting structure for a diaphragm and a retainer includes: the diaphragm that is formed to have a disc shape and includes a fixation part positioned in an outer circumferential part of the diaphragm, a movable part positioned in a central part of the diaphragm, and a linking part linking the fixation part and the movable part together, wherein a side of the diaphragm facing a pump chamber is defined as a front side and a side of the diaphragm...