ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,099, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ion analyzer" was invented by Yohei Toji (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion analyzer 1 including: a first member 16 fixed to an ion outflow port and provided with a fixing pin 1621 on one side and a pin hole 1631 on the other side sandwiching the ion outflow port; a second member 12 to be fixed to the first member and including an ion flow controller 121 configured to control movement of ions flowing out from the ion outflow port, the second member having a first concave part 1231 configured to engage with the fixing pin from a first direction pe...