ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,974, issued on June 24, was assigned to NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Koka, Japan).

"Hydrogen supply device, and ion beam irradiation apparatus equipped therewith" was invented by Yuya Hirai (Koka, Japan), Weijiang Zhao (Koka, Japan), Suguru Itoi (Koka, Japan) and Yuta Iwanami (Koka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen supply device disposed in a high-potential section includes a bottle internally provided with a hydrogen absorbing alloy."

The patent was filed on July 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/861,463.

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