ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,636, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Hollow fiber membrane module and dehumidifier/humidifier" was invented by Yosuke Ito (Kikugawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow fiber membrane module includes an inner case 120 with a one-end-side outer peripheral surface 121, the width of which is constant from one end side toward the other end side, and an other-end-side outer peripheral surface 122 which gradually widens from one end side toward the other end side, and in the inner case 120, a hollow portion that opens to the other end side is provided on an inside of the other-end-side outer peripheral surf...