US Patent Issued to MINEBEA MITSUMI on July 8 for "Pump and air supply device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,257, issued on July 8, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).

"Pump and air supply device" was invented by Yuta Yoshii (Tokyo), Shigenori Inamoto (Tokyo), Yuki Takahashi (Tokyo), Chikara Sekiguchi (Tokyo), Daisuke Kodama (Tokyo) and Daisuke Kurita (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump contains a pump unit for suctioning and discharging fluid due to electromagnetic drive of a vibration actuator. The vibration actuator includes a fixed body containing one of a coil core portion and a magnet, a movable body containing another one of the coil core portion and the magnet, and a shaft portion for supporting the...