ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,447, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"First and second piezoelectric pumps and connection pipe arrangement" was invented by Yutoku Kawabata (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump device includes a piezoelectric pump, a piezoelectric pump, and a connection pipe. The connection pipe causes a discharge port of the piezoelectric pump to be in communication with a suction port of the piezoelectric pump. The piezoelectric pump and the piezoelectric pump are disposed such that a suction-side outer wall surface in a housing of the piezoelectric pump and a suction-side outer wall s...