ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,674, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Pressure sensor with non-metallic block and non-metallic diaphragm" was invented by Ryu Takebayashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinya Imamura (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet-like diaphragm made from a non-metallic material, a main body block made from a non-metallic material, having a diaphragm facing surface facing a main plane of the diaphragm, disposed in a manner that the diaphragm facing surface is covered by the diaphragm, and provided with a fluid outlet and a fluid inlet facing the diaphragm side, a sensor head that has a recess for accommoda...