ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,198, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan) and KURARAY Co. LTD. (Kurashiki, Japan).
"Gas separation membrane module" was invented by Katsuya Umemoto (Kobe, Japan), Takafumi Ito (Kobe, Japan), Koji Fukumoto (Kobe, Japan), Tomoaki Umemura (Kobe, Japan), Koji Miyake (Kurashiki, Japan), Kazuhiko Eda (Kurashiki, Japan), Youhei Yabuno (Kurashiki, Japan) and Kensaku Komatsu (Kurashiki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas separation membrane module includes at least one hollow fiber membrane element and a casing. The hollow fiber membrane element includes hollow fiber membranes and a cylindrical body. Th...