ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,911, issued on June 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Humidifier" was invented by Atsushi Hattori (Kyoto, Japan), Ken Shin (Kyoto, Japan) and Yuzo Higashiyama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present disclosure, air passing through the inside of a humidifier is readily humidified. The humidifier includes a water chamber having a first circulation opening and a second circulation opening for allowing air to circulate. An outlet baffle that covers at least part of the second circulation opening from below is provided on an inner surface of a top cover of the water chamber. A third cir...