ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,630, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Atomizer" was invented by Miki Ikeda (Kyoto, Japan), Yohei Kawasaki (Kyoto, Japan), Kiyoshi Kurihara (Kyoto, Japan) and Kenjiro Okaguchi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizer includes a first piezoelectric pump, a second piezoelectric pump, a first flow path connected to the first piezoelectric pump, a second flow path connected to the second piezoelectric pump and merged with the first flow path, a third flow path connected to a merging portion of the first flow path and the second flow path, the third flow path having a first en...