ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,537, issued on March 25, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Separating device and separating system" was invented by Shota Tsurui (Osaka, Japan), Yoshiki Hayasaki (Osaka, Japan) and Masanao Kamakura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separating device includes a casing, a rotor, and a blade. The casing has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a discharge port for solid substances. The rotor is disposed on an inner side of the casing and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation of the rotor, the central axis of rotation extending along an axial direction o...