ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,664, issued on March 18, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).
"RO element with integral pressure vessel" was invented by Steven T. Yoshimura (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sea water desalination system and reverse osmosis element for use in a desalination system are provided. The reverse osmosis element includes a body of media material having opposed first and second ends. First and second end cap assemblies are adjacent the first and second ends of the body. A shell of wound composite material encapsulates and retains the body and first and second end cap assemblies together to define an integrate...