ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,846, issued on May 13, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Vacuum pump" was invented by Ryuya Bando (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum pump includes a vacuum pump main body and a bottom fixing member. The vacuum pump main body has a bottom surface and a side surface. The side surface has a pump-side flat surface formed so as to extend from the bottom surface. The bottom fixing member is fastened to the bottom surface of the vacuum pump main body. The bottom fixing member has a fixing-side flat surface facing the pump-side flat surface."
The patent was filed on June 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/733...